This Field Type represents an email address, in the form of a string.
| Name | Internal name | Expected input type |
|---|---|---|
EmailAddress | ezemail | string |
Table of contents:
Description
The EmailAddress Field Type stores an email address, which is provided as a string.
Value object
Properties
The Value class of this field type contains the following properties:
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
$email | string | This property will be used for the input string provided as email address. |
Constructor
The EmailAddress\Value constructor will initialize a new Value object with the value provided. It accepts a string as input.
String representation
String representation of the Field Type's Value object is the email address contained in it.
Example:
someuser@example.com
Hash format
Hash value for this Field Type's Value is simply the email address as a string.
Example:
someuser@example.com
Validation
This Field Type uses the EmailAddressValidator validator as a resource which will test the string supplied as input against a pattern, to make sure that a valid email address has been provided.
If the validations fail a ValidationError is thrown, specifying the error message.
Settings
This Field Type does not support settings.