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Custom fields ("user" defined)

ResourceSpace can be configured with custom fields. An example of this feature already being used using this system can be seen on Research Request.

A custom field structure looks like below:

array(
    "id"       => 1,
    "title"    => "~en:Roles~fr:Rôles",
    "type"     => FIELD_TYPE_CHECK_BOX_LIST,
    "required" => true,
    "options"  => array("IT", "~en:Customer Success~fr:Succès Client", "Sales", "Support", "Admin")
)

A field is considered valid as long as it has the following keys/properties:

  • id - a numeric and unique number. This is used to easily generate HTML properties such as ID or name.
  • title - an i18l string or just a normal string. This is rendered as the label.
  • type - the field type. This key is using the ResourceSpace metadata field type constants (e.g FIELD_TYPE_TEXT_BOX_SINGLE_LINE)
  • required - true if the field is required, false otherwise
  • options - Required key if the type is part of the $FIXED_LIST_FIELD_TYPES. List of options. An option can be an i18l string.

Note: if a field is missing any of the required keys, upon validation - using get_valid_custom_fields(), it will be dropped from the list of fields.

On the page where you want to use custom fields, use the process_custom_fields_submission() at the top of the page. This will prepare default values or return the posted data for each field.

To render the fields just call render_custom_fields() passing the processed custom fields. The custom fields will be rendered based on the type. If the type isn't supported, the field will be displayed as a single line text box.