profile field types and attributes

new features go into devel version.

This feature request is it still valid ?

As a fallback if Migrate profile module data to field API doesn't get in. Guessing this is too late to get reviewed though.

This is a minimalist approach to extending the profile module without hooking into fields. It is a port of a Drupal 6 profile hack.

It uses the current profile field types and one new taxonomy field. The taxonomy field is saved as a serialized value, so no new db tables are required.

It moves profile field definitions to a simple hook_profile_fields().

Each defined profile field can have three configurable callbacks:

1. Configuration options form (optional)
2. User input form (required), defaults to "profile_field_{$key}_form"
3. User view form (required), defaults to "profile_field_{$key}_view"

Two load / save callbacks can be specified. These are run through the data on load / before saving, enabling better data handling if required. For the date and taxonomy fields, this is simply unserialize and serialize calls for date and taxonomy.

For example, the taxonomy field is defined as:

<?php
function profile_profile_fields() {
  $fields = array();
  // ...
  if (module_exists('taxonomy')) {
    $fields['taxonomy'] = array(
      'title' => t('taxonomy'),
      'description' => '',
      'save callback' => 'serialize',
      'load callback' => 'unserialize',
      'options callback' => 'profile_field_taxonomy_options'
    );
  }
  return $fields;
}

?>

The preview killed the attachment ;\

Maybe Drupal 8 with fields. See #394720: Migrate profile module data to field API