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Drupal PHP Rename stuck field names

<?php

$fields = array(
    'field_inspirational_imagery' => 'field_images',
);
 
// Loop through each of the fields/tables with the old name and change them
foreach($fields as $field_name => $new_field_name) {
 
    // First check that field_name exists
    if(!db_table_exists('field_data_' . $field_name)) {
        // If we cannot find a data table then just continue.
        continue;
    }
 
    // Define some things...
    $data_table_name = 'field_data_' . $field_name;
    $revision_table_name = 'field_revision_' . $field_name;
    $field_info = field_info_field($field_name);
    $storage_details = $field_info['storage']['details'];
 
    // The storage for each field has unique configuration. Must follow.
    foreach($storage_details['sql']['FIELD_LOAD_CURRENT'] as $field) {
        // Change the field names.
        foreach($field as $key => $value) {
 
            // Rename the field table columns and preserve existing spec. Let
            // features take care of any configuration changes.
            $spec = $field_info['columns'][$key];
            db_change_field($data_table_name, $value, $new_field_name . "_" . $key, $spec);
            db_change_field($revision_table_name, $value, $new_field_name . "_" . $key, $spec);
 
        }
    }
 
    // Change the field storage table names.
    db_rename_table($data_table_name, 'field_data_' . $new_field_name);
    db_rename_table($revision_table_name, 'field_revision_' . $new_field_name);
 
    // Change the field names int he field_config and
    // field_instance_config tables
 
    db_update('field_config')
        ->fields(
            array(
                'field_name' => $new_field_name,
            )
        )
        ->condition('field_name', $field_name, '=')
    ->execute();
 
    db_update('field_config_instance')
        ->fields(
            array(
                'field_name' => $new_field_name,
            )
        )
        ->condition('field_name', $field_name, '=')
    ->execute();

} /// end foreach loop on fields... whew.

?>