From 067c2e09ee7d164f7172fa2314025cac3a798dfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mickadoo <michaeldevery@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 15:01:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] CRM-20710: Add function to return valid types

---
 CRM/Utils/Type.php | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CRM/Utils/Type.php b/CRM/Utils/Type.php
index 43b920f8be4b..df97cab87f27 100644
--- a/CRM/Utils/Type.php
+++ b/CRM/Utils/Type.php
@@ -143,6 +143,28 @@ public static function typeToString($type) {
     return (isset($string)) ? $string : "";
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return array
+   *   An array of type in the form 'type name' => 'int representing type'
+   */
+  public static function getValidTypes() {
+    return array(
+      'Int' => self::T_INT,
+      'String' => self::T_STRING,
+      'Enum' => self::T_ENUM,
+      'Date' => self::T_DATE,
+      'Time' => self::T_TIME,
+      'Boolean' => self::T_BOOLEAN,
+      'Text' => self::T_TEXT,
+      'Blob' => self::T_BLOB,
+      'Timestamp' => self::T_TIMESTAMP,
+      'Float' => self::T_FLOAT,
+      'Money' => self::T_MONEY,
+      'Email' => self::T_EMAIL,
+      'Mediumblob' => self::T_MEDIUMBLOB,
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the data_type for the field.
    *
@@ -518,7 +540,7 @@ public static function mysqlOrderByCallback($matches) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get list of avaliable Data Tupes for Option Groups
+   * Get list of avaliable Data Types for Option Groups
    *
    * @return array
    */