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Matrix

Type
Class
Namespace
craft\fields
Inherits
craft\fields\Matrix » craft\base\Field » craft\base\SavableComponent » craft\base\ConfigurableComponent » craft\base\Component » craft\base\Model » yii\base\Model » yii\base\Component » yii\base\BaseObject
Implements
ArrayAccess, IteratorAggregate, craft\base\ComponentInterface, craft\base\ConfigurableComponentInterface, craft\base\EagerLoadingFieldInterface, craft\base\FieldInterface, craft\base\GqlInlineFragmentFieldInterface, craft\base\SavableComponentInterface, yii\base\Arrayable, yii\base\Configurable, yii\base\StaticInstanceInterface
Uses traits
craft\base\ClonefixTrait, craft\base\FieldTrait, craft\base\SavableComponentTrait, yii\base\ArrayableTrait, yii\base\StaticInstanceTrait
Since
3.0.0

Matrix represents a Matrix field.

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Public Properties

PropertyDescription
activeValidatorsyii\validators\Validator – The validators applicable to the current scenario.
attributesarray – Attribute values (name => value).
behaviorsyii\base\Behavior – List of behaviors attached to this component.
blockTypeFieldscraft\base\FieldInterface[]
blockTypescraft\models\MatrixBlockType[]
columnPrefixstring, null – The field’s content column prefix
columnSuffixstring, null – The field’s content column suffix
contentColumnTypestring, string[] – The column type(s).
contentGqlMutationArgumentType\GraphQL\Type\Definition\Type, array
contentGqlQueryArgumentType\GraphQL\Type\Definition\Type, array
contentGqlType\GraphQL\Type\Definition\Type, array
contentTablestring – Content table name
contextstring, null – The field’s context
dateCreatedDateTime, null – The date that the component was created
dateUpdatedDateTime, null – The date that the component was last updated
describedBystring, null – The aria-describedby attribute value that should be set on the focusable input(s).
eagerLoadingGqlConditionsarray, false
elementValidationRulesarray
errorsarray – Errors for all attributes or the specified attribute.
firstErrorsarray – The first errors.
groupcraft\models\FieldGroup, null
groupIdinteger, null – The field’s group’s ID
handlestring, null – The field’s handle
idinteger, string, null – The component’s ID (could be a temporary one: "new:X")
inputIdstring
instructionsstring, null – The field’s instructions
isNewboolean – Whether the component is new (unsaved)
isTranslatableboolean
iteratorArrayIterator – An iterator for traversing the items in the list.
layoutIdinteger, null – The ID of the field layout that the field was fetched from
localizeBlocksinteger – Whether each site should get its own unique set of blocks
maxBlocksinteger, null – Max blocks
minBlocksinteger, null – Min blocks
namestring, null – The field’s name
oldHandlestring, null – The field’s previous handle
oldSettingsarray, null – The field’s previous settings
propagationKeyFormatstring, null – The field’s propagation key format, if propagationMethod is custom
propagationMethodstring – Propagation method This will be set to one of the following: - none – Only save b locks in the site they were created in - siteGroup – Save blocks to other sites in the same site group - language – Save blocks to other sites with the same language - all – Save blocks to all sites supported by the owner element
requiredboolean, null – Whether the field is required in the field layout it was fetched from
scenariostring – The scenario that this model is in.
searchableboolean – Whether the field's values should be registered as search keywords on the elements.
settingsarray – The component’s settings
settingsHtmlstring, null
sortOptionarray
sortOrderinteger, null – The field’s sort position in the field layout it was fetched from
tabIdinteger, null – The tab ID of the field layout that the field was fetched from
translationDescriptionstring, null
translationKeyFormatstring, null – The field’s translation key format, if translationMethod is "custom"
translationMethodstring – The field’s translation method
uidstring, null – The field's UID
validatorsArrayObject, yii\validators\Validator – All the validators declared in the model.

blockTypeFields

Type
craft\base\FieldInterface[]
Default value
null
Access
Read-only

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blockTypes

Type
craft\models\MatrixBlockType[]
Default value
null

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contentGqlMutationArgumentType

Type
\GraphQL\Type\Definition\Type, array
Default value
null
Access
Read-only
Since
3.5.0

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contentGqlType

Type
\GraphQL\Type\Definition\Type, array
Default value
null
Access
Read-only
Since
3.3.0

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contentTable

Type
string
Default value
null
Since
3.0.23

Content table name

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elementValidationRules

Type
array
Default value
null
Access
Read-only

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isTranslatable

Type
boolean
Default value
null
Access
Read-only

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localizeBlocks

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 3.2.0. Use propagationMethod instead

Type
integer
Default value
false

Whether each site should get its own unique set of blocks

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maxBlocks

Type
integer, null
Default value
null

Max blocks

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minBlocks

Type
integer, null
Default value
null

Min blocks

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propagationKeyFormat

Type
string, null
Default value
null
Since
3.7.0

The field’s propagation key format, if propagationMethod is custom

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propagationMethod

Type
string
Default value
self::PROPAGATION_METHOD_ALL
Since
3.2.0

Propagation method

This will be set to one of the following:

  • none – Only save b locks in the site they were created in
  • siteGroup – Save blocks to other sites in the same site group
  • language – Save blocks to other sites with the same language
  • all – Save blocks to all sites supported by the owner element

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settingsHtml

Type
string, null
Default value
null
Access
Read-only

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translationDescription

Type
string, null
Default value
null
Access
Read-only
Since
3.4.0

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Public Methods

MethodDescription
__call()Calls the named method which is not a class method.
__clone()This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.
__construct()Constructor.
__get()Returns the value of a component property.
__isset()Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.
__set()Sets the value of a component property.
__toString()Use the translated field name as the string representation.
__unset()Sets a component property to be null.
activeAttributes()Returns the attribute names that are subject to validation in the current scenario.
addError()Adds a new error to the specified attribute.
addErrors()Adds a list of errors.
addModelErrors()Adds errors from another model, with a given attribute name prefix.
afterDelete()Performs actions after a component is deleted.
afterElementDelete()Performs actions after the element has been deleted.
afterElementPropagate()Performs actions after the element has been fully saved and propagated to other sites.
afterElementRestore()Performs actions after the element has been restored.
afterElementSave()Performs actions after the element has been saved.
afterSave()Performs actions after a component is saved.
afterValidate()This method is invoked after validation ends.
attachBehavior()Attaches a behavior to this component.
attachBehaviors()Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.
attributeHints()Returns the attribute hints.
attributeLabels()Returns the attribute labels.
attributes()Returns the list of attribute names.
beforeApplyDelete()Performs actions before a component delete is applied to the database.
beforeDelete()Performs actions before a component is deleted.
beforeElementDelete()Performs actions before an element is deleted.
beforeElementRestore()Performs actions before an element is restored.
beforeElementSave()Performs actions before an element is saved.
beforeSave()Performs actions before a component is saved.
beforeValidate()This method is invoked before validation starts.
behaviors()Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.
canGetProperty()Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.
canSetProperty()Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.
className()Returns the fully qualified name of this class.
clearErrors()Removes errors for all attributes or a single attribute.
copyValue()Copies the field’s value from one element to another.
createValidators()Creates validator objects based on the validation rules specified in rules().
datetimeAttributes()Returns the names of any attributes that should hold DateTime values.
detachBehavior()Detaches a behavior from the component.
detachBehaviors()Detaches all behaviors from the component.
displayName()Returns the display name of this class.
ensureBehaviors()Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() are attached to this component.
extraFields()Returns the list of fields that can be expanded further and returned by toArray().
fields()Returns the list of fields that should be returned by default by toArray() when no specific fields are specified.
formName()Returns the form name that this model class should use.
generateAttributeLabel()Generates a user friendly attribute label based on the give attribute name.
getActiveValidators()Returns the validators applicable to the current scenario.
getAttributeHint()Returns the text hint for the specified attribute.
getAttributeLabel()Returns the text label for the specified attribute.
getAttributes()Returns attribute values.
getBehavior()Returns the named behavior object.
getBehaviors()Returns all behaviors attached to this component.
getBlockTypeFields()Returns all of the block types' fields.
getBlockTypes()Returns the block types.
getContentColumnType()Returns the column type(s) that this field should get within the content table.
getContentGqlMutationArgumentType()Returns the GraphQL type to be used as an argument in mutations for this field type.
getContentGqlQueryArgumentType()Returns the GraphQL type to be used as an argument in queries for this field type.
getContentGqlType()Returns the GraphQL type to be used for this field type.
getEagerLoadingGqlConditions()Returns an array that lists the scopes this custom field allows when eager-loading or false if eager-loading should not be allowed in the GraphQL context.
getEagerLoadingMap()Returns an array that maps source-to-target element IDs based on this custom field.
getElementValidationRules()Returns the validation rules for an element with this field.
getError()Returns the first error of the specified attribute.
getErrorSummary()Returns the errors for all attributes as a one-dimensional array.
getErrors()Returns the errors for all attributes or a single attribute.
getFirstError()Returns the first error of the specified attribute.
getFirstErrors()Returns the first error of every attribute in the model.
getGqlFragmentEntityByName()Returns a GraphQL fragment by its GraphQL fragment name.
getGroup()Returns the field’s group.
getInputHtml()Returns the field’s input HTML.
getInputId()Returns the input’s ID, which the <label>’s for attribute should reference.
getIsNew()Returns whether the component is new (unsaved).
getIsTranslatable()Returns whether the field should be shown as translatable in the UI.
getIterator()Returns an iterator for traversing the attributes in the model.
getOrientation()Returns the orientation the field should use (ltr or rtl).
getScenario()Returns the scenario that this model is used in.
getSearchKeywords()Returns the search keywords that should be associated with this field.
getSettings()Returns an array of the component’s settings.
getSettingsHtml()Returns the component’s settings HTML.
getSortOption()Returns the sort option array that should be included in the element’s sortOptions() response.
getStaticHtml()Returns a static (non-editable) version of the field’s input HTML.
getStatus()Returns the status of the field for a given element.
getTableAttributeHtml()Returns the HTML that should be shown for this field in Table View.
getTranslationDescription()Returns the description of this field’s translation support.
getTranslationKey()Returns the field’s translation key, based on a given element.
getValidators()Returns all the validators declared in rules().
hasContentColumn()Returns whether this field has a column in the content table.
hasErrors()Returns a value indicating whether there is any validation error.
hasEventHandlers()Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.
hasMethod()Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.
hasProperty()Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component.
includeInGqlSchema()Returns whether the field should be included in the given GraphQL schema.
init()Initializes the object.
instance()Returns static class instance, which can be used to obtain meta information.
isAttributeActive()Returns a value indicating whether the attribute is active in the current scenario.
isAttributeRequired()Returns a value indicating whether the attribute is required.
isAttributeSafe()Returns a value indicating whether the attribute is safe for massive assignments.
isEmpty()
isSelectable()Returns whether the component should be selectable in component Type selects.
isValueEmpty()Returns whether the given value should be considered “empty” to a validator.
load()Populates the model with input data.
loadMultiple()Populates a set of models with the data from end user.
modifyElementIndexQuery()Modifies an element index query.
modifyElementsQuery()Modifies an element query.
normalizeValue()Normalizes the field’s value for use.
off()Detaches an existing event handler from this component.
offsetExists()Returns whether there is an element at the specified offset.
offsetGet()Returns the element at the specified offset.
offsetSet()Sets the element at the specified offset.
offsetUnset()Sets the element value at the specified offset to null.
on()Attaches an event handler to an event.
onUnsafeAttribute()This method is invoked when an unsafe attribute is being massively assigned.
rules()Returns the validation rules for attributes.
safeAttributes()Returns the attribute names that are safe to be massively assigned in the current scenario.
scenarios()Returns a list of scenarios and the corresponding active attributes.
serializeValue()Prepares the field’s value to be stored somewhere, like the content table.
setAttributes()Sets the attribute values in a massive way.
setBlockTypes()Sets the block types.
setIsFresh()Sets whether the field is fresh.
setScenario()Sets the scenario for the model.
settingsAttributes()Returns the list of settings attribute names.
supportedTranslationMethods()Returns which translation methods the field supports.
toArray()Converts the model into an array.
trigger()Triggers an event.
useFieldset()Returns whether the field should use a <fieldset> + <legend> instead of a <div> + <label>.
validate()Performs the data validation.
validateBlocks()Validates an owner element’s Matrix blocks.
validateMultiple()Validates multiple models.
valueType()Returns the PHPDoc type this field’s values will have.

__construct()

Constructor.

The default implementation does two things:

  • Initializes the object with the given configuration $config.
  • Call init().

If this method is overridden in a child class, it is recommended that

  • the last parameter of the constructor is a configuration array, like $config here.
  • call the parent implementation at the end of the constructor.

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Arguments

  • $config (array) – Name-value pairs that will be used to initialize the object properties

afterElementPropagate()

Since
3.2.0

Performs actions after the element has been fully saved and propagated to other sites.

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Arguments

afterElementRestore()

Since
3.1.0

Performs actions after the element has been restored.

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Arguments

afterSave()

Performs actions after a component is saved.

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Arguments

  • $isNew (boolean) – Whether the component is brand new

beforeApplyDelete()

Since
3.1.0

Performs actions before a component delete is applied to the database.

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beforeElementDelete()

Performs actions before an element is deleted.

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Arguments

Returns

boolean – Whether the element should be deleted

beforeSave()

Performs actions before a component is saved.

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Arguments

  • $isNew (boolean) – Whether the component is brand new

Returns

boolean – Whether the component should be saved

copyValue()

Since
3.7.0

Copies the field’s value from one element to another.

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Arguments

Returns

void

displayName()

Returns the display name of this class.

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Returns

string – The display name of this class.

getBlockTypeFields()

Returns all of the block types' fields.

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Arguments

  • $typeIds (integer[], null) – The Matrix block type IDs to return fields for. If null, all block type fields will be returned.

Returns

craft\base\FieldInterface[]

getBlockTypes()

Returns the block types.

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Returns

craft\models\MatrixBlockType[]

getContentGqlMutationArgumentType()

Since
3.5.0

Returns the GraphQL type to be used as an argument in mutations for this field type.

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Returns

\GraphQL\Type\Definition\Type, array

getContentGqlType()

Since
3.3.0

Returns the GraphQL type to be used for this field type.

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Returns

\GraphQL\Type\Definition\Type, array

getEagerLoadingMap()

Returns an array that maps source-to-target element IDs based on this custom field.

This method aids in the eager-loading of elements when performing an element query. The returned array should contain the following keys:

  • elementType – the fully qualified class name of the element type that should be eager-loaded
  • map – an array of element ID mappings, where each element is a sub-array with source and target keys.
  • criteria (optional) – Any criteria parameters that should be applied to the element query when fetching the eager-loaded elements.

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Arguments

Returns

array, false, null – The eager-loading element ID mappings, false if no mappings exist, or null if the result should be ignored.

getElementValidationRules()

Returns the validation rules for an element with this field.

Rules should be defined in the array syntax required by yii\base\Model::rules(), with one difference: you can skip the first argument (the attribute list).

php
[
    // explicitly specify the field attribute
    [$this->handle, 'string', 'min' => 3, 'max' => 12],
    // skip the field attribute
    ['string', 'min' => 3, 'max' => 12],
    // you can only pass the validator class name/handle if not setting any params
    'bool',
]

To register validation rules that should only be enforced for live elements, set the rule scenario to live:

php
[
    ['string', 'min' => 3, 'max' => 12, 'on' => \craft\base\Element::SCENARIO_LIVE],
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Returns

array

getGqlFragmentEntityByName()

Since
3.3.0

Returns a GraphQL fragment by its GraphQL fragment name.

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Arguments

Returns

craft\base\GqlInlineFragmentInterface

Throws

getIsTranslatable()

Returns whether the field should be shown as translatable in the UI.

Note this method has no effect on whether the field’s value will get copied over to other sites when the element is actually getting saved. That is determined by getTranslationKey().

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Arguments

Returns

boolean

getSettingsHtml()

Returns the component’s settings HTML.

An extremely simple implementation would be to directly return some HTML:

php
return '<textarea name="foo">'.$this->foo.'</textarea>';

For more complex settings, you might prefer to create a template, and render it via craft\web\View::renderTemplate(). For example, the following code would render a template located at src/templates/_settings.html, passing the settings to it:

php
return Craft::$app->view->renderTemplate('plugin-handle/_widget-settings', [
    'widget' => $this
]);

If you need to tie any JavaScript code to your settings, it’s important to know that any name and id attributes within the returned HTML will probably get namespaced, however your JavaScript code will be left untouched. For example, if getSettingsHtml() returns the following HTML:

html
<textarea id="foo" name="foo"></textarea>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var textarea = document.getElementById('foo');
</script>

…then it might actually look like this before getting output to the browser:

html
<textarea id="namespace-foo" name="namespace[foo]"></textarea>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var textarea = document.getElementById('foo');
</script>

As you can see, that JavaScript code will not be able to find the textarea, because the textarea’s id attribute was changed from foo to namespace-foo. Before you start adding namespace- to the beginning of your element ID selectors, keep in mind that the actual namespace is going to change depending on the context. Often they are randomly generated. So it’s not quite that simple.

Thankfully, Craft provides a couple handy methods that can help you deal with this:

So here’s what a getSettingsHtml() method that includes field-targeting JavaScript code might look like:

php
public function getSettingsHtml()
{
    // Figure out what the ID is going to be namespaced into
    $id = 'foo';
    $namespacedId = Craft::$app->view->namespaceInputId($id);
    // Render and return the input template
    return Craft::$app->view->renderTemplate('plugin-handle/_widget-settings', [
        'id' => $id,
        'namespacedId' => $namespacedId,
        'widget' => $this,
    ]);
}

And the _widget-settings.twig template might look like this:

twig
<textarea id="{{ id }}" name="foo">{{ widget.foo }}</textarea>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var textarea = document.getElementById('{{ namespacedId }}');
</script>

The same principles also apply if you’re including your JavaScript code with craft\web\View::registerJs().

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Returns

string, null

getStaticHtml()

Returns a static (non-editable) version of the field’s input HTML.

This function is called to output field values when viewing element drafts.

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Arguments

Returns

string – The static version of the field’s input HTML

getTranslationDescription()

Since
3.4.0

Returns the description of this field’s translation support.

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Arguments

Returns

string, null

hasContentColumn()

Returns whether this field has a column in the content table.

WARNING

If you set this to false, you will be on your own in terms of saving and retrieving your field values.

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Returns

boolean

init()

Initializes the object.

This method is invoked at the end of the constructor after the object is initialized with the given configuration.

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isValueEmpty()

Returns whether the given value should be considered “empty” to a validator.

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Arguments

  • $value (mixed) – The field’s value
  • $element (craft\base\ElementInterface) – The element the field is associated with, if there is one

Returns

boolean – Whether the value should be considered “empty”

modifyElementsQuery()

Modifies an element query.

This method will be called whenever elements are being searched for that may have this field assigned to them. If the method returns false, the query will be stopped before it ever gets a chance to execute.

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Arguments

Returns

null, falsefalse in the event that the method is sure that no elements are going to be found.

normalizeValue()

Normalizes the field’s value for use.

This method is called when the field’s value is first accessed from the element. For example, the first time element.myFieldHandle is called from a template, or right before getInputHtml() is called. Whatever this method returns is what element.myFieldHandle will likewise return, and what getInputHtml()’s and serializeValue()’s $value arguments will be set to.

The value passed into this method will vary depending on the context.

  • If a new, unsaved element is being edited for the first time (such as an entry within a Quick Post widget on the Dashboard), the value will be null.
  • If an element is currently being saved, the value will be the field’s POST data.
  • If an existing element was retrieved from the database, the value will be whatever is stored in the field’s content table column. (Or if the field doesn’t have a content table column per hasContentColumn(), the value will be null.)

There are cases where a pre-normalized value could be passed in as well, so be sure to account for that.

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Arguments

Returns

mixed – The prepared field value

serializeValue()

Prepares the field’s value to be stored somewhere, like the content table.

Data types that are JSON-encodable are safe (arrays, integers, strings, booleans, etc). Whatever this returns should be something normalizeValue() can handle.

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Arguments

Returns

mixed – The serialized field value

setBlockTypes()

Sets the block types.

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settingsAttributes()

Returns the list of settings attribute names.

By default, this method returns all public non-static properties that were defined on the called class. You may override this method to change the default behavior.

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Returns

array – The list of settings attribute names

supportedTranslationMethods()

Returns which translation methods the field supports.

This method should return an array with at least one of the following values:

  • 'none' (values will always be copied to other sites)
  • 'language' (values will be copied to other sites with the same language)
  • 'site' (values will never be copied to other sites)
  • 'custom' (values will be copied/not copied depending on a custom translation key)

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Returns

string[]

validate()

Performs the data validation.

This method executes the validation rules applicable to the current scenario. The following criteria are used to determine whether a rule is currently applicable:

  • the rule must be associated with the attributes relevant to the current scenario;
  • the rules must be effective for the current scenario.

This method will call beforeValidate() and afterValidate() before and after the actual validation, respectively. If beforeValidate() returns false, the validation will be cancelled and afterValidate() will not be called.

Errors found during the validation can be retrieved via getErrors(), getFirstErrors() and getFirstError().

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Arguments

  • $attributeNames (string[], string, null) – Attribute name or list of attribute names that should be validated. If this parameter is empty, it means any attribute listed in the applicable validation rules should be validated.
  • $clearErrors (boolean) – Whether to call clearErrors() before performing validation

Returns

boolean – Whether the validation is successful without any error.

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validateBlocks()

Validates an owner element’s Matrix blocks.

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valueType()

Since
3.2.0

Returns the PHPDoc type this field’s values will have.

It will be used by the generated CustomFieldBehavior class.

If the values can be of more than one type, return multiple types separated by |s.

php
public static function phpDocType()
{
     return 'int|mixed|\\craft\\elements\\db\\ElementQuery';
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Returns

string

Protected Methods

MethodDescription
defineRules()Returns the validation rules for attributes.
extractFieldsFor()Extract nested fields from a fields collection for a given root field Nested fields are separated with dots (.). e.g: "item.id" The previous example would extract "id".
extractRootFields()Extracts the root field names from nested fields.
inputHtml()Returns the field’s input HTML.
isFresh()Returns whether this is the first time the element's content has been edited.
requestParamName()Returns the field’s param name on the request.
resolveFields()Determines which fields can be returned by toArray().
searchKeywords()Returns the search keywords that should be associated with this field.

defineRules()

Since
3.4.0

Returns the validation rules for attributes.

See rules() for details about what should be returned.

Models should override this method instead of rules() so EVENT_DEFINE_RULES handlers can modify the class-defined rules.

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Returns

array

inputHtml()

Since
3.5.0

Returns the field’s input HTML.

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Arguments

  • $value (mixed) – The field’s value. This will either be the normalized value, raw POST data (i.e. if there was a validation error), or null
  • $element (craft\base\ElementInterface, null) – The element the field is associated with, if there is one

Returns

string – The input HTML.

Throws

searchKeywords()

Since
3.5.0

Returns the search keywords that should be associated with this field.

The keywords can be separated by commas and/or whitespace; it doesn’t really matter. craft\services\Search will be able to find the individual keywords in whatever string is returned, and normalize them for you.

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Arguments

  • $value (mixed) – The field’s value
  • $element (craft\base\ElementInterface) – The element the field is associated with, if there is one

Returns

string – A string of search keywords.

Constants

ConstantDescription
PROPAGATION_METHOD_ALL
PROPAGATION_METHOD_CUSTOM
PROPAGATION_METHOD_LANGUAGE
PROPAGATION_METHOD_NONE
PROPAGATION_METHOD_SITE_GROUP
SCENARIO_DEFAULTThe name of the default scenario.
TRANSLATION_METHOD_CUSTOM
TRANSLATION_METHOD_LANGUAGE
TRANSLATION_METHOD_NONE
TRANSLATION_METHOD_SITE
TRANSLATION_METHOD_SITE_GROUP

Events

EVENT_SET_FIELD_BLOCK_TYPES

Type
craft\events\BlockTypesEvent
Since
3.1.27

The event that is triggered when setting the field’s block types