The User FieldType

This FieldType validates and stores information about a user.

Name	Internal name	Expected input
`User`	`ezuser`	ignored

Table of contents:

User FieldType is read-only

In eZ Publish 5.x User FieldType is read-only. A dedicated API for handling users is available, for more details see eZ\Publish\API\Repository\UserService.

Value Object API

Property	Type	Description	Example
`hasStoredLogin`	`boolean`	Denotes if user has stored login.	`true`
`contentId`	`int\|string`	Id of the Content corresponding to the user.	`42`
`login`	`string`	Username.	`john`
`email`	`string`	Users' email address.	`john@smith.com`
`passwordHash`	`string`	Hash of the user's password.	`1234567890abcdef`
`passwordHashType`	`mixed`	Algorithm user for generating password hash as a `PASSWORD_HASH_*` constant defined in `eZ\Publish\Core\Repository\Values\User\User` class.	User::PASSWORD_HASH_MD5_USER
`maxLogin`	`int`	Maximal number of concurrent logins.	`1000`

Available password hash types

Constant	Description
`eZ\Publish\Core\Repository\Values\User\User::PASSWORD_HASH_MD5_PASSWORD`	MD5 hash of the password, not recommended.
`eZ\Publish\Core\Repository\Values\User\User::PASSWORD_HASH_MD5_USER`	MD5 hash of the password and username.
`eZ\Publish\Core\Repository\Values\User\User::PASSWORD_HASH_MD5_SITE`	MD5 hash of the password, username and site name.
`eZ\Publish\Core\Repository\Values\User\User::PASSWORD_HASH_PLAINTEXT`	Passwords are stored in plaintext, should not be used for real sites.