StringField
abstract class StringField extends DBField (View source)
An abstract base class for the string field types (i.e. Varchar and Text)
Properties
| public | string | $class | from SS_Object | |
| protected | array | $extension_instances | from SS_Object | |
| protected | $beforeExtendCallbacks | List of callbacks to call prior to extensions having extend called on them, each grouped by methodName. |
from SS_Object | |
| protected | $afterExtendCallbacks | List of callbacks to call after extensions having extend called on them, each grouped by methodName. |
from SS_Object | |
| protected | ViewableData | $failover | A failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object. |
from ViewableData |
| protected | ViewableData | $customisedObject | from ViewableData | |
| protected | $value | from DBField | ||
| protected | $tableName | from DBField | ||
| protected | $name | from DBField | ||
| protected | $arrayValue | from DBField | ||
| protected | $defaultVal | from DBField | ||
| protected | bool | $nullifyEmpty |
Methods
Get a configuration accessor for this class. Short hand for Config::inst()->get($this->class, .....).
Allows user code to hook into Object::extend prior to control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.
Allows user code to hook into Object::extend after control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.
An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class
Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.
Create an object from a string representation. It treats it as a PHP constructor without the 'new' keyword. It also manages to construct the object without the use of eval().
Parses a class-spec, such as "Versioned('Stage','Live')", as passed to create_from_string().
Similar to Object::create(), except that classes are only overloaded if you set the $strong parameter to TRUE when using Object::useCustomClass()
This class allows you to overload classes with other classes when they are constructed using the factory method Object::create()
If a class has been overloaded, get the class name it has been overloaded with - otherwise return the class name
Get the value of a static property of a class, even in that property is declared protected (but not private), without any inheritance, merging or parent lookup if it doesn't exist on the given class.
Return TRUE if a class has a specified extension.
Add an extension to a specific class.
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Construct a string type field with a set of optional parameters.
Attemps to locate and call a method dynamically added to a class at runtime if a default cannot be located
Return the names of all the methods available on this object
Add methods from the ViewableData::$failover object, as well as wrapping any methods prefixed with an underscore into a ViewableData::cachedCall().
Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.
Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.
Add a wrapper method - a method which points to another method with a different name. For example, Thumbnail(x) can be wrapped to generateThumbnail(x)
Add an extra method using raw PHP code passed as a string
Check if this class is an instance of a specific class, or has that class as one of its parents
Calls a method if available on both this object and all applied Extensions, and then attempts to merge all results into an array
Run the given function on all of this object's extensions. Note that this method originally returned void, so if you wanted to return results, you're hosed
Get an extension instance attached to this object by name.
Returns TRUE if this object instance has a specific extension applied in $extension_instances. Extension instances are initialized at constructor time, meaning if you use add_extension() afterwards, the added extension will just be added to new instances of the extended class. Use the static method has_extension() to check if a class (not an instance) has a specific extension.
Get all extension instances for this specific object instance.
Cache the results of an instance method in this object to a file, or if it is already cache return the cached results
Clears the cache for the given cacheToFile call
Loads a cache from the filesystem if a valid on is present and within the specified lifetime
Save a piece of cached data to the file system
Strip a file name of special characters so it is suitable for use as a cache file name
Converts a field spec into an object creator. For example: "Int" becomes "new Int($fieldName);" and "Varchar(50)" becomes "new Varchar($fieldName, 50);".
Convert a field schema (e.g. "Varchar(50)") into a casting object creator array that contains both a className and castingHelper constructor code. See castingObjectCreator for more information about the constructor.
Check if a field exists on this object or its failover.
Get the value of a property/field on this object. This will check if a method called get{$property} exists, then check if a field is available using ViewableData::getField(), then fall back on a failover object.
Set a property/field on this object. This will check for the existence of a method called set{$property}, then use the ViewableData::setField() method.
Set a failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.
Check if a field exists on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
Get the value of a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
Set a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
Method to facilitate deprecation of underscore-prefixed methods automatically being cached.
Merge some arbitrary data in with this object. This method returns a ViewableData_Customised instance with references to both this and the new custom data.
Get the class a field on this object would be casted to, as well as the casting helper for casting a field to an object (see ViewableData::castingHelper() for information on casting helpers).
Return the "casting helper" (a piece of PHP code that when evaluated creates a casted value object) for a field on this object.
Get the class name a field on this object will be casted to
Return the string-format type for the given field.
Save the casting cache for this object (including data from any failovers) into a variable
Render this object into the template, and get the result as a string. You can pass one of the following as the $template parameter:
- a template name (e.g. Page)
- an array of possible template names - the first valid one will be used
- an SSViewer instance
Generate the cache name for a field
Get the value of a field on this object, automatically inserting the value into any available casting objects that have been specified.
A simple wrapper around ViewableData::obj() that automatically caches the result so it can be used again without re-running the method.
Checks if a given method/field has a valid value. If the result is an object, this will return the result of the exists method, otherwise will check if the result is not just an empty paragraph tag.
Get the string value of a field on this object that has been suitable escaped to be inserted directly into a template.
Return the value of the field without any escaping being applied.
Return the value of a field in an SQL-safe format.
Return the value of a field in a JavaScript-save format.
Return the value of a field escaped suitable to be inserted into an XML node attribute.
Get an array of XML-escaped values by field name
Return a single-item iterator so you can iterate over the fields of a single record.
When rendering some objects it is necessary to iterate over the object being rendered, to do this, you need access to itself.
Return the directory if the current active theme (relative to the site root).
Get part of the current classes ancestry to be used as a CSS class.
Return debug information about this object that can be rendered into a template
Create a DBField object that's not bound to any particular field.
Prepare the current field for usage in a database-manipulation (works on a manipulation reference).
Add custom query parameters for this field, mostly SELECT statements for multi-value fields.
Returns the value to be set in the database to blank this field.
Returns a FormField instance used as a default for form scaffolding.
Returns a FormField instance used as a default for searchform scaffolding.
Update the optional parameters for this field.
Set whether this field stores empty strings rather than converting them to null.
Get whether this field stores empty strings rather than converting them to null
Limit this field's content by a number of characters.
Limit this field's content by a number of characters and truncate the field to the closest complete word. All HTML tags are stripped from the field.
Limit this field's content by a number of words.
Limit the number of words of the current field's content. This is XML safe, so characters like & are converted to &
Returns true if the value meets all the criteria of not being empty, as defined by the class
Details
static Config_ForClass|null
config()
Get a configuration accessor for this class. Short hand for Config::inst()->get($this->class, .....).
protected
beforeExtending(string $method, callable $callback)
Allows user code to hook into Object::extend prior to control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.
protected
afterExtending(string $method, callable $callback)
Allows user code to hook into Object::extend after control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.
static SS_Object
create()
An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class
This method first for strong class overloads (singletons & DB interaction), then custom class overloads. If an overload is found, an instance of this is returned rather than the original class. To overload a class, use Object::useCustomClass()
This can be called in one of two ways - either calling via the class directly, or calling on Object and passing the class name as the first parameter. The following are equivalent: $list = DataList::create('SiteTree'); $list = SiteTree::get();
static SS_Object
singleton()
Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.
It will always return the same instance for this class, which can be used for performance reasons and as a simple way to access instance methods which don't rely on instance data (e.g. the custom SilverStripe static handling).
static
create_from_string($classSpec, $firstArg = null)
Create an object from a string representation. It treats it as a PHP constructor without the 'new' keyword. It also manages to construct the object without the use of eval().
Construction itself is done with Object::create(), so that Object::useCustomClass() calls are respected.
Object::create_from_string("Versioned('Stage','Live')") will return the result of
Versioned::create('Stage', 'Live);
It is designed for simple, clonable objects. The first time this method is called for a given string it is cached, and clones of that object are returned.
If you pass the $firstArg argument, this will be prepended to the constructor arguments. It's impossible to pass null as the firstArg argument.
Object::create_from_string("Varchar(50)", "MyField") will return the result of
Vachar::create('MyField', '50');
Arguments are always strings, although this is a quirk of the current implementation rather than something that can be relied upon.
static
parse_class_spec($classSpec)
Parses a class-spec, such as "Versioned('Stage','Live')", as passed to create_from_string().
Returns a 2-elemnent array, with classname and arguments
static SS_Object
strong_create()
Similar to Object::create(), except that classes are only overloaded if you set the $strong parameter to TRUE when using Object::useCustomClass()
static
useCustomClass(string $oldClass, string $newClass, bool $strong = false)
This class allows you to overload classes with other classes when they are constructed using the factory method Object::create()
static string
getCustomClass(string $class)
If a class has been overloaded, get the class name it has been overloaded with - otherwise return the class name
static any
static_lookup($class, $name, null $default = null)
Get the value of a static property of a class, even in that property is declared protected (but not private), without any inheritance, merging or parent lookup if it doesn't exist on the given class.
static
get_static($class, $name, $uncached = false)
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static
set_static($class, $name, $value)
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static
uninherited_static($class, $name, $uncached = false)
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static
combined_static($class, $name, $ceiling = false)
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static
addStaticVars($class, $properties, $replace = false)
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static
add_static_var($class, $name, $value, $replace = false)
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static
has_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $requiredExtension = null, bool $strict = false)
Return TRUE if a class has a specified extension.
This supports backwards-compatible format (static Object::has_extension($requiredExtension)) and new format ($object->has_extension($class, $requiredExtension))
static
add_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $extension = null)
Add an extension to a specific class.
The preferred method for adding extensions is through YAML config, since it avoids autoloading the class, and is easier to override in more specific configurations.
As an alternative, extensions can be added to a specific class directly in the Object::$extensions array. See SiteTree::$extensions for examples. Keep in mind that the extension will only be applied to new instances, not existing ones (including all instances created through singleton()).
static
remove_extension(string $extension)
Remove an extension from a class.
Keep in mind that this won't revert any datamodel additions of the extension at runtime, unless its used before the schema building kicks in (in your _config.php). Doesn't remove the extension from any Object instances which are already created, but will have an effect on new extensions. Clears any previously created singletons through singleton() to avoid side-effects from stale extension information.
static array
get_extensions(string $class, bool $includeArgumentString = false)
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static
get_extra_config_sources($class = null)
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__construct($name = null, $options = array())
Construct a string type field with a set of optional parameters.
mixed
__call(string $method, array $arguments)
Attemps to locate and call a method dynamically added to a class at runtime if a default cannot be located
You can add extra methods to a class using Extensions}, {@link Object::createMethod() or Object::addWrapperMethod()
bool
hasMethod(string $method)
Return TRUE if a method exists on this object
This should be used rather than PHP's inbuild method_exists() as it takes into account methods added via extensions
array
allMethodNames(bool $custom = false)
Return the names of all the methods available on this object
defineMethods()
Add methods from the ViewableData::$failover object, as well as wrapping any methods prefixed with an underscore into a ViewableData::cachedCall().
protected array
findMethodsFromExtension(object $extension)
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protected
addMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)
Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.
protected
removeMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)
Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.
protected
addWrapperMethod(string $method, string $wrap)
Add a wrapper method - a method which points to another method with a different name. For example, Thumbnail(x) can be wrapped to generateThumbnail(x)
protected
createMethod(string $method, string $code)
Add an extra method using raw PHP code passed as a string
stat($name, $uncached = false)
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set_stat($name, $value)
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uninherited($name)
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bool
exists()
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string
parentClass()
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bool
is_a(string $class)
Check if this class is an instance of a specific class, or has that class as one of its parents
string
__toString()
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mixed
invokeWithExtensions(string $method, mixed $argument = null)
Calls a method if available on both this object and all applied Extensions, and then attempts to merge all results into an array
array
extend(string $method, mixed $a1 = null, mixed $a2 = null, mixed $a3 = null, mixed $a4 = null, mixed $a5 = null, mixed $a6 = null, mixed $a7 = null)
Run the given function on all of this object's extensions. Note that this method originally returned void, so if you wanted to return results, you're hosed
Currently returns an array, with an index resulting every time the function is called. Only adds returns if they're not NULL, to avoid bogus results from methods just defined on the parent extension. This is important for permission-checks through extend, as they use min() to determine if any of the returns is FALSE. As min() doesn't do type checking, an included NULL return would fail the permission checks.
The extension methods are defined during __construct()} in {@link defineMethods().
Extension
getExtensionInstance(string $extension)
Get an extension instance attached to this object by name.
bool
hasExtension(string $extension)
Returns TRUE if this object instance has a specific extension applied in $extension_instances. Extension instances are initialized at constructor time, meaning if you use add_extension() afterwards, the added extension will just be added to new instances of the extended class. Use the static method has_extension() to check if a class (not an instance) has a specific extension.
Caution: Don't use singleton(
array
getExtensionInstances()
Get all extension instances for this specific object instance.
See get_extensions() to get all applied extension classes for this class (not the instance).
mixed
cacheToFile(string $method, int $lifetime = 3600, string $ID = false, array $arguments = array())
Cache the results of an instance method in this object to a file, or if it is already cache return the cached results
clearCache($method, $ID = false, $arguments = array())
Clears the cache for the given cacheToFile call
protected mixed
loadCache(string $cache, int $lifetime = 3600)
Loads a cache from the filesystem if a valid on is present and within the specified lifetime
protected
saveCache(string $cache, mixed $data)
Save a piece of cached data to the file system
protected string
sanitiseCachename(string $name)
Strip a file name of special characters so it is suitable for use as a cache file name
static string
castingObjectCreator(string $fieldSchema)
Converts a field spec into an object creator. For example: "Int" becomes "new Int($fieldName);" and "Varchar(50)" becomes "new Varchar($fieldName, 50);".
static array
castingObjectCreatorPair(string $fieldSchema)
Convert a field schema (e.g. "Varchar(50)") into a casting object creator array that contains both a className and castingHelper constructor code. See castingObjectCreator for more information about the constructor.
bool
__isset(string $property)
Check if a field exists on this object or its failover.
mixed
__get(string $property)
Get the value of a property/field on this object. This will check if a method called get{$property} exists, then check if a field is available using ViewableData::getField(), then fall back on a failover object.
__set(string $property, mixed $value)
Set a property/field on this object. This will check for the existence of a method called set{$property}, then use the ViewableData::setField() method.
setFailover(ViewableData $failover)
Set a failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.
ViewableData|null
getFailover()
Get the current failover object if set
bool
hasField(string $field)
Check if a field exists on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
mixed
getField(string $field)
Get the value of a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
setField(string $field, mixed $value)
Set a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.
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deprecatedCachedCall($method, $args = null, string $identifier = null)
Method to facilitate deprecation of underscore-prefixed methods automatically being cached.
ViewableData_Customised
customise(array|ViewableData $data)
Merge some arbitrary data in with this object. This method returns a ViewableData_Customised instance with references to both this and the new custom data.
Note that any fields you specify will take precedence over the fields on this object.
ViewableData
getCustomisedObj()
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setCustomisedObj(ViewableData $object)
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array
castingHelperPair(string $field)
Get the class a field on this object would be casted to, as well as the casting helper for casting a field to an object (see ViewableData::castingHelper() for information on casting helpers).
The returned array contains two keys:
- className: the class the field would be casted to (e.g. "Varchar")
- castingHelper: the casting helper for casting the field (e.g. "return new Varchar($fieldName)")
string
castingHelper(string $field)
Return the "casting helper" (a piece of PHP code that when evaluated creates a casted value object) for a field on this object.
string
castingClass(string $field)
Get the class name a field on this object will be casted to
string
escapeTypeForField(string $field)
Return the string-format type for the given field.
buildCastingCache(reference $cache)
Save the casting cache for this object (including data from any failovers) into a variable
HTMLText
renderWith(string|array|SSViewer $template, array $customFields = null)
Render this object into the template, and get the result as a string. You can pass one of the following as the $template parameter:
- a template name (e.g. Page)
- an array of possible template names - the first valid one will be used
- an SSViewer instance
protected
objCacheName(string $fieldName, array $arguments)
Generate the cache name for a field
protected mixed
objCacheGet(string $key)
Get a cached value from the field cache
protected
objCacheSet(string $key, mixed $value)
Store a value in the field cache
obj(string $fieldName, array $arguments = null, bool $forceReturnedObject = true, bool $cache = false, string $cacheName = null)
Get the value of a field on this object, automatically inserting the value into any available casting objects that have been specified.
cachedCall(string $field, array $arguments = null, string $identifier = null)
A simple wrapper around ViewableData::obj() that automatically caches the result so it can be used again without re-running the method.
bool
hasValue(string $field, array $arguments = null, bool $cache = true)
Checks if a given method/field has a valid value. If the result is an object, this will return the result of the exists method, otherwise will check if the result is not just an empty paragraph tag.
XML_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = false)
Get the string value of a field on this object that has been suitable escaped to be inserted directly into a template.
RAW_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)
Return the value of the field without any escaping being applied.
SQL_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)
Return the value of a field in an SQL-safe format.
JS_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)
Return the value of a field in a JavaScript-save format.
ATT_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)
Return the value of a field escaped suitable to be inserted into an XML node attribute.
array
getXMLValues($fields)
Get an array of XML-escaped values by field name
ArrayIterator
getIterator()
Return a single-item iterator so you can iterate over the fields of a single record.
This is useful so you can use a single record inside a <% control %> block in a template - and then use to access individual fields on this object.
ViewableData
Me()
When rendering some objects it is necessary to iterate over the object being rendered, to do this, you need access to itself.
string
ThemeDir(string $subtheme = false)
Return the directory if the current active theme (relative to the site root).
This method is useful for things such as accessing theme images from your template without hardcoding the theme
page - e.g. 
.
This method should only be used when a theme is currently active. However, it will fall over to the current project directory.
string
CSSClasses(string $stopAtClass = 'ViewableData')
Get part of the current classes ancestry to be used as a CSS class.
This method returns an escaped string of CSS classes representing the current classes ancestry until it hits a stop point - e.g. "Page DataObject ViewableData".
ViewableData_Debugger
Debug()
Return debug information about this object that can be rendered into a template
static DBField
create_field(string $className, mixed $value, string $name = null, mixed $object = null)
Create a DBField object that's not bound to any particular field.
Useful for accessing the classes behaviour for other parts of your code.
DBField
setName(string $name)
Set the name of this field.
The name should never be altered, but it if was never given a name in the first place you can set a name.
If you try an alter the name a warning will be thrown.
string
getName()
Returns the name of this field.
mixed
getValue()
Returns the value of this field.
setValue(mixed $value, array $record = null)
Set the value on the field.
Optionally takes the whole record as an argument, to pick other values.
mixed
prepValueForDB($value)
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writeToManipulation(array $manipulation)
Prepare the current field for usage in a database-manipulation (works on a manipulation reference).
Make value safe for insertion into a SQL SET statement by applying addslashes() - can also be used to apply special SQL-commands to the raw value (e.g. for GIS functionality). {\prepValueForDB}
addToQuery(SS_Query $query)
Add custom query parameters for this field, mostly SELECT statements for multi-value fields.
By default, the ORM layer does a
SELECT
setTable($tableName)
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string
forTemplate()
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HTMLATT()
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URLATT()
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RAWURLATT()
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ATT()
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RAW()
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JS()
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string
JSON()
Return JSON encoded value
HTML()
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XML()
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mixed
nullValue()
Returns the value to be set in the database to blank this field.
Usually it's a choice between null, 0, and ''
saveInto($dataObject)
Saves this field to the given data object.
FormField
scaffoldFormField(string $title = null)
Returns a FormField instance used as a default for form scaffolding.
Used by SearchContext}, {@link ModelAdmin}, {@link DataObject::scaffoldFormFields()
FormField
scaffoldSearchField(string $title = null)
Returns a FormField instance used as a default for searchform scaffolding.
Used by SearchContext}, {@link ModelAdmin}, {@link DataObject::scaffoldFormFields().
SearchFilter
defaultSearchFilter($name = false)
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abstract
requireField()
Add the field to the underlying database.
debug()
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bool
scalarValueOnly()
Whatever this DBField only accepts scalar values.
Composite DBField to override this method and return false. So they can accept arrays of values.
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setOptions(array $options = array())
Update the optional parameters for this field.
setNullifyEmpty($value)
Set whether this field stores empty strings rather than converting them to null.
bool
getNullifyEmpty()
Get whether this field stores empty strings rather than converting them to null
string
LimitCharacters(int $limit = 20, string $add = '...')
Limit this field's content by a number of characters.
This makes use of strip_tags() to avoid malforming the HTML tags in the string of text.
string
LimitCharactersToClosestWord(int $limit = 20, string $add = '...')
Limit this field's content by a number of characters and truncate the field to the closest complete word. All HTML tags are stripped from the field.
string
LimitWordCount(int $numWords = 26, string $add = '...')
Limit this field's content by a number of words.
CAUTION: This is not XML safe. Please use LimitWordCountXML() instead.
string
LimitWordCountXML(int $numWords = 26, string $add = '...')
Limit the number of words of the current field's content. This is XML safe, so characters like & are converted to &
string
LowerCase()
Converts the current value for this StringField to lowercase.
string
UpperCase()
Converts the current value for this StringField to uppercase.
string
NoHTML()
Return the value of the field stripped of html tags.
protected bool
isPopulated($value)
Returns true if the value meets all the criteria of not being empty, as defined by the class