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When I add new boolean field to content type in admin i can choose widget for it: checkbox or radio buttons. How can I describe it in code? When I do something like this there is no widget:

$i = 1; 
foreach($questions as $question){
        $field_name = $name . '_q' . $i;
        $fields[$field_name] = array(
            'field_name' => $field_name,
            'type' => 'list_boolean',
            'required' => true,
        );
        $i++;
}

foreach($fields as $field){
        if (!field_info_field($field['field_name'])) {
            field_info_cache_clear();
            field_create_field($field);
        }
}

$instances = array();

$i = 1;
foreach($questions as $question){
    $field_name = $name . '_q' . $i;
    $instances[$field_name] = array(
        'field_name' => $field_name,
        'label' => $question,
        'widget' => array(
            'type' => 'radio'
         ),
         'required' => true
     );
     $i++;
}

foreach($instances as $instance){
    $instance['entity_type'] = 'node';
    $instance['bundle'] = $name;
    field_create_instance($instance);
}
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  • What does "describe it in code" mean? – ya.teck Jul 30 '13 at 7:18
  • I create content type and add fields for it in module. – Dmitrii Mikhailov Jul 30 '13 at 7:35
  • What do you mean "no widget"? Field is there, appears in tpl.php and Views, but can't be edited by user? – Mołot Jul 30 '13 at 7:39
  • There is a label for field but nothing else. – Dmitrii Mikhailov Jul 30 '13 at 7:44
  • I found that for checkboxes i need to use widget type "options_onoff". But how to make it radios? – Dmitrii Mikhailov Jul 30 '13 at 7:46
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Simplest way is to use field_create_field() to create the field itself and field_create_instance($instance) to have an instance for your content type. Widget type should be set in $instance['widget']['type'] sent to field_create_instance($instance).

Taken from this answer.

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  • I do these things. It's not what I'm asking about. I can't figure out how to make my boolean fields look like radio buttons in form. – Dmitrii Mikhailov Jul 30 '13 at 7:11
  • @DmitryMikhaylov if you are passing radio widget type to the field_create_instance(), please show relevant code. And if you want conditionally programmatically change widget (or not), please tell where / when you want to execute it and should this change be permanent or temporary. – Mołot Jul 30 '13 at 7:26
  • I've added this code now. – Dmitrii Mikhailov Jul 30 '13 at 7:37

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