Class: I2CE FormField

This article describes the abstract class I2CE_FormField.

• Extends the class: I2CE_Fuzzy.
• Child Classes:
  • I2CE_FormField_DB_BLOB
    • I2CE_FormField_BINARY_FILE
      • I2CE_FormField_DOCUMENT
      • I2CE_FormField_IMAGE
  • I2CE_FormField_DB_FLOAT
    • I2CE_FormField_FLOAT
  • I2CE_FormField_DB_DATE
    • I2CE_FormField_DATE_HMS
    • I2CE_FormField_DATE_MD
    • I2CE_FormField_DATE_TIME
    • I2CE_FormField_DATE_Y
    • I2CE_FormField_DATE_YMD
  • I2CE_FormField_DB_INT
    • I2CE_FormField_BOOL
    • I2CE_FormField_INT
    • I2CE_FormField_INT_GENERATE
    • I2CE_FormField_YESNO
  • I2CE_FormField_DB_STRING
    • I2CE_FormField_MAPPED
      • I2CE_FormField_MAP
        • iHRIS_FormField_CURRENCY
      • I2CE_FormField_MAP_MULT
    • I2CE_FormField_INT_LIST
    • I2CE_FormField_STRING_LINE
    • I2CE_FormField_STRING_MLINE
    • I2CE_FormField_STRING_PASS
  • I2CE_FormField_DB_TEXT
    • I2CE_FormField_STRING_TEXT
• Location: Part of the module forms in the package I2CE
• Source: Defined in the file modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 31
• Author: Luke Duncan <lduncan@intrahealth.org>
• Since: v2.0.0

Class for defining all the database fields used by a object.

Constants

I2CE_FormField::FIELD_TYPE_I2CE

A string type for the field Defined as: "string"

I2CE_FormField::FIELD_TYPE_DB

The database type for the field Defined as: "varchar( 255 ) COLLATE utf8_bin default NULL"

I2CE_FormField::FIELD_TYPE_MDB2

The MDB2 type for the field. Defined as: "text"

Variables

$name

The name of this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 50
• Type: protected string $name

$options

An associative array with all the options for this form field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 54
• Type: protected array $options

$value

The value of this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 58
• Type: protected mixed $value

$headers

A list of headers for this form field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 62
• Type: protected array $headers

$href

A URL to be used as a link for this field when displaying the value.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 66
• Type: protected string $href

$form

A reference to the form object this field is a part of.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 70
• Type: protected I2CE_Form $form

$history

A list of objects for all entries for this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 74
• Type: protected array $history

$history_idx

The index for cycling through all historical entries.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 78
• Type: protected integer $history_idx

$attributes

A list of attributes for this FormField instance.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 82
• Type: protected array $attributes

$invalid

error messages to be displayed when a form is invalid. . string or array of "extra" setInvalid

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 162
• Type: protected mixed $invalid

Methods

__construct()

Create a new instance of a I2CE_FormField

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 173
• Signature: public function __construct($name,$options)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
  • array $options
    A list of options for this form field. The keys used are: in_db, required, unique and unique_field
    • Default Value: array()

addHistory()

Add a history entry to this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 523
• Signature: public function addHistory($entry)
• Parameters:
  • I2CE_Entry $entry
    The historical entry

compare()

Compares this form field agains the given form field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 454
• Signature: public function compare($db_value)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $db_value
    Either a DB Value or an I2CE_FormField
• Returns: -1,0,1

createField()

Instantiantiate a field given its short class name

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 94
• Signature: static public function createField($formfield,$name,$args)
• Parameters:
  • string $formfield
    the short name of a form field (e.g. STRING_LINE or DATE_YMD)
  • string $name
    The name of the field
  • array $args
    Defaults to empty array. The field arguments passed to the constructor
    • Default Value: array()
• Returns: mixed
  I2CE_FormField or false on failure

displayInvalid()

Displays invalid/error messages on the given node @var I2CE_Template $template @var DOMNode $node

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 805
• Signature: protected function displayInvalid($template,$node)
• Parameters:
  • $template
  • $node

firstHistory()

Reset the history_idx history index and return the first element

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 543
• Signature: public function firstHistory()
• Returns: DBEntry

getAttribute()

Return the attribute value for a given attribute.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 863
• Signature: public function getAttribute($key)
• Parameters:
  • string $key
• Returns: mixed

getDBType()

Return the DB field type for this type.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 207
• Signature: public function getDBType()
• Returns: string

getDBValue()

Returns the value of this field ready to be stored in the database.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 412
• Signature: public function getDBValue()
• Returns: mixed

getDisplayNode()

Return the display value of this form field as a DOM Node.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 582
• Signature: public function getDisplayNode($node,$template)
• Parameters:
  • DOMNode $node
  • I2CE_Template $template
• Returns: DOMNode

getDisplayValue()

Returns the value of this field as a human readable format.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 422
• Signature: public function getDisplayValue($entry)
• Parameters:
  • I2CE_Entry $entry
    If a I2CE_Entry object has been passed to this method then it will return the value for that entry assuming it's an entry for this field.
    • Default Value: false
• Returns: mixed

getDisplays()

Get the display styles registered for this form field. Will always include 'default'

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 343
• Signature: public function getDisplays()
• Returns: array

getElement()

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 835
• Signature: protected function getElement()

getForm()

Returns the form object for this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 359
• Signature: public function getForm()

getFromDB()

Return the value of this field from the database format for the given type

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 229
• Signature: public function getFromDB($value)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $value

getHTMLName()

Return the value for the name attribute to be used for this field in a form.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 367
• Signature: public function getHTMLName($prefix)
• Parameters:
  • $prefix
    • Default Value: 'fields'
• Returns: string

getHeader()

Return the given header by type

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 510
• Signature: public function getHeader($type)
• Parameters:
  • string $type
    • Default Value: "default"

getHref()

Return the URL to be used as a link for this field for display.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 568
• Signature: public function getHref()
• Returns: string

getInvalid()

Return the invalid information.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 154
• Signature: public function getInvalid()
• Returns: array

getMDB2Type()

Return the MDB2 field type for this field. If it isn't set return the DB type.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 216
• Signature: public function getMDB2Type()
• Returns: string

getName()

Returns the field name of this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 237
• Signature: public function getName()
• Returns: string

getOption()

Get the value stored at a named option exists

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 268
• Signature: public function getOption($option)
• Parameters:
  • string $option
• Returns: mixed *

getOptionsByPath()

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 305
• Signature: protected function getOptionsByPath($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path

getString()

Return the type string for this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 244
• Signature: public function getString()
• Returns: string

getTypeString()

Return the string name for a given type.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 199
• Signature: public function getTypeString()
• Returns: string

getValue()

Returns the value of this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 404
• Signature: public function getValue()
• Returns: mixed

hasAttribute()

Return true if a given attribute exists for this form.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 876
• Signature: public function hasAttribute($key)
• Parameters:
  • string $key
• Returns: boolean;

hasDisplay()

Checks to see if the given display type is registed for this form field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 328
• Signature: public function hasDisplay($type)
• Parameters:
  • string $type
    The display type. 'default' always returns true
• Returns: boolean

hasHeader()

Check to see if the given header type exists

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 503
• Signature: public function hasHeader($type)
• Parameters:
  • string $type
    • Default Value: "default"

hasInvalid()

Checks to see if there are any entries in the invalid array.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 139
• Signature: public function hasInvalid()
• Returns: boolean

hasNextHistory()

Check to see if there are remaining DBEntry elements in history array.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 531
• Signature: public function hasNextHistory()
• Returns: boolean

hasOption()

Check if a named option exists

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 260
• Signature: public function hasOption($option)
• Parameters:
  • string $option
• Returns: boolean *

isInDB()

Checks to see if this field is saved in the database.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 251
• Signature: public function isInDB()
• Returns: boolean

isSameValue()

Check to see if the given DB value is equivalent to this value.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 436
• Signature: public function isSameValue($db_value)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $db_value
    Either a DB Value or an I2CE_FormField
• Returns: boolean

isValid()

Checks to see if the current value for this is set and valid.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 470
• Signature: abstract public function isValid()
• Returns: boolean

issetValue()

Checks to see if the value has been set.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 477
• Signature: public function issetValue()
• Returns: boolean

nextHistory()

Return the next DBEntry element from the history array.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 552
• Signature: public function nextHistory()
• Returns: DBEntry

optionsHasPath()

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 289
• Signature: protected function optionsHasPath($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path

processDOM()

Process this form field as a DOM element to place it in the template at the given node.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 601
• Signature: public function processDOM($node,$template)
• Parameters:
  • DOMNode $node
  • I2CE_Template $template

processDOMEditable()

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 846
• Signature: abstract public function processDOMEditable($node,$template,$form_node)
• Parameters:
  • $node
  • $template
  • $form_node
• Returns: array
  of DOMNode

processDOMNotEditable()

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 789
• Signature: public function processDOMNotEditable($node,$template,$form_node)
• Parameters:
  • DOMNode $node
  • I2CE_Template $template
  • DOMNode $form_node

setAttribute()

Set an attribute for this form.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 854
• Signature: public function setAttribute($key,$value)
• Parameters:
  • string $key
  • mixed $value

setElement()

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 839
• Signature: protected function setElement($element)
• Parameters:
  • $element

setForm()

Sets the form object for this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 281
• Signature: public function setForm($form)
• Parameters:
  • I2CE_Form $form

setFromDB()

Sets the value of this field from the database format.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 388
• Signature: public function setFromDB($value)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $value

setFromPost()

Sets the value of this field from the posted form.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 396
• Signature: public function setFromPost($post)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $post

setHeaders()

Set the headers for this form field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 492
• Signature: public function setHeaders($headers)
• Parameters:
  • array $headers

setHref()

Set the URL for this field

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 560
• Signature: public function setHref($href)
• Parameters:
  • string $href

setInvalid()

Add or replace an entry in the invalid array. The format for the $extra parameter is: array( "URL" => array( 'id' => 'display' ) ); The id value will be appended to the URL and the display part will be displayed as the link text.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 125
• Signature: public function setInvalid($message,$extra)
• Parameters:
  • string $message
    The error message to display.
  • array $extra
    Any extra information to be formatted and displayed.
    • Default Value: null

setValue()

Sets the value of this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 381
• Signature: public function setValue($value)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $value

unsetValue()

Unsets the value of this field.

• Defined in i2ce/modules/Forms/lib/I2CE_FormField.php on line 483
• Signature: public function unsetValue()

Inherited Methods

_hasMethod()

This public method is inherited from I2CE_Fuzzy->_hasMethod()

Inherited Fuzzy Methods

userMessage()

This method is inherited from I2CE_Fuzzy->userMessage()

Fuzzy Methods

cachedTableReference()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_CachedForms->cachedTableReference()

isNumeric()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_CustomReports->isNumericField()

getLimitStyles()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->getFieldLimitStyles()

generateLimit()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->generateFieldLimit()

generateLimit_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->generateLimit_null()

generateLimit_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->generateLimit_not_null()

generateLimit_null_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->generateLimit_not_null()

checkLimit_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->checkLimit_null()

checkLimit_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->checkLimit_not_null()

checkLimit_null_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->checkLimit_not_null()

checkLimitString_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->checkLimitString_null()

checkLimitString_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->checkLimitString_not_null()

checkLimitString_null_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->checkLimitString_not_null()

getLimitMenu_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_DISPLAYFIELDSTYLE_null()

getLimitMenu_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_DISPLAYFIELDSTYLE_not_null()

getLimitMenu_null_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_DISPLAYFIELDSTYLE_null_not_null()

processLimitMenu_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_PROCESSFIELDSTYLE_null()

processLimitMenu_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_PROCESSFIELDSTYLE_not_null()

processLimitMenu_null_not_null()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_PROCESSFIELDSTYLE_null_not_null()

generateLimit_max_parent()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->generateLimit_max_parent()

generateLimit_min_parent()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->generateLimit_min_parent()

generateLimit_max_parent_form()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->generateLimit_max_parent_form()

generateLimit_min_parent_form()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->generateLimit_min_parent_form()

getLimitMenu_max_parent()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_DISPLAYFIELDSTYLE_max_parent()

getLimitMenu_min_parent()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_DISPLAYFIELDSTYLE_min_parent()

getLimitMenu_max_parent_form()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_DISPLAYFIELDSTYLE_max_parent_form()

getLimitMenu_min_parent_form()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_DISPLAYFIELDSTYLE_min_parent_form()

processLimitMenu_max_parent()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_PROCESSFIELDSTYLE_max_parent()

processLimitMenu_min_parent()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_PROCESSFIELDSTYLE_min_parent()

processLimitMenu_max_parent_form()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_PROCESSFIELDSTYLE_max_parent_form()

processLimitMenu_min_parent_form()

This method is implemented by I2CE_Module_FormLimits->I2CE_FormField_PROCESSFIELDSTYLE_min_parent_form()

save()

This method is implemented by I2CE_FormStorage->FF_save()

populateHistory()

This method is implemented by I2CE_FormStorage->FF_populateHistory()