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This Field Type represents a single selection or multiple choices from a list of options.

NameInternal nameExpected input type
Selectionezselectionmixed

Table of contents:

Description

The Selection Field Type stores single selections or multiple choices from a list of options, by populating a hash with the list of selected values.

Input expectations

TypeExample
arrayarray( 1, 2 )

Value object

Properties

The Value class of this Field Type contains the following properties:

PropertyTypeDescription
$selectionint[]This property will be used for the list of selections, which will be a list of integer values, or one single integer value.
Value object content examples

Constructor

The Selection\Value constructor accepts an array of selected element identifiers.

Constructor example

String representation

String representation of this Field Type is its list of selections as a string, concatenated with a comma.

Example:

"1,2,24,42"

Hash format

Hash format of this Field Type is the same as Value object's selection property.

Example of value in hash format

Validation

This Field Type validates the input, verifying if all selected options exist in the field definition and checks if multiple selections are allowed in the Field definition.
If any of these validations fail, a ValidationError  is thrown, specifying the error message, and for the case of the option validation a list with the invalid options is also presented.

Settings


NameTypeDefault valueDescription
isMultiplebooleanfalseUsed to allow or deny multiple selection from the option list.
optionshasharray()Stores the list of options defined in the field definition.
Selection Field Type example settings
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