Field element as QR Code
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Field element
o Hidden - sets the date to be rendered as a hidden field
o Default - The default value to populate the element with. If the eval option is
selected then this should contain a PHP expression
o Eval - If set to yes then the value entered in the default field is taken to be a PHP
expression and is evaluated as such. Element default examples.
o Placeholder - Text to show inside the field, when the user has not yet entered a
value
o Input type - Defines which HTML input type to use.
o Max length - The maximum number of characters the user is allowed to type into
the field.
o Disable element - Disable the element, the user is not allowed to changed the
value and the value is NOT stored in the database.
o Read only - The user is not able to change the field's value but the value IS stored
in the database.
o Auto complete - If set to yes (default behavior) then the browser will show any
previously entered values for any field which had the same name. Note this is
NOT an ajax auto-complete look-up to the database. For that use the database join
element rendered as auto complete.
o Speech recognition - Currently for Chrome 11 + only. Enables text entry via your
microphone.
o Bootstrap class - Adds a class to the input, which defines the input's width.
o Format - Define what type of data the field should store in the database
o Integer length - The length of the integer field when the format is set to integer
or decimal
o Decimal length - The decimal length stored in the database when the format is set
to decimal
o Number format - If yes, value will be processed through PHP's number_format()
function, which will insert thousand separators, and use the decimal point you
specify below. So (for instance) to format French numbers, you would use a
Thousand Separator of '#32' and a Decimal Point of '.'.
This option will also use the Decimal Length option, rounding the number if
necessary.
Formatting is only applied when rendering the number in a list or detail view,
does not affect how the value is stored in the table.
Note: number_format() will be applied BEFORE any sprintf() format you may
specify in the 'Format string' option, which may mean that sprintf may not
recognize the value as a number.
o Thousand Separator - If you selected Yes for Number Format, this will be used
as the thousand separator. If you need to specify a space (i.e,. for French number
formatting), put #32 instead (Joomla strips spaces from parameters when saving,
so you can't just put a space here!).
o Decimal Point - If you selected Yes for Number Format, this will be used as the
decimal point character.
o Format string - Applies the PHP sprintf function to the string when displaying
the data in the list view or detailed view.
o Input Mask - An input mask string. This uses the input mask jQuery plugin
http://digitalbush.com/projects/masked-input-plugin/. It allows a user to more
easily enter fixed width input where you would like them to enter the data in a
certain format (dates,phone numbers, etc).
This string will input mask : '9' represents a number, 'a' represents alphabetic
character (A-Z,a-z), * is either. Characters after '?' are optional. Other characters
are inserted in the result.
Examples :
- a US telephone number with 3 digit extensions : (999) 999 9999 x999
- same number with optional digits would be : (999) 999 9999 x999? x99999
- a serial number would be : aa/999-99-9999
- a date : 99/99/9999
o Display as QR Code - Display value as a QR Code in read only views (list,
details, or form where element ACL is read only)
o Guess link type - Will try to guess if the data entered is a URL or email address,
if so then in the list view and detailed view the data is wrapped within the
corresponding link
o Link target - sets whether the created link will open in a new window.
Creating/Generating a Random String, example a password generator (This has been
created from a forum post)
Follow the steps below:
o Create a new element using the field plugin
o Add the following code into the default field area
PHP:
$length = 10;
$key = "";
// define possible characters
$possible = "0123456789bcdfghjkmnpqrstvwxyzBCDFGHJKLMNPQRTVWXYZ";
$i = 0;
while ($i < $length) {
$char = substr($possible, mt_rand(0, strlen($possible)-1), 1);
$key .= $char;
$i++;
}
return $key;
o Below this area, make sure you turn the EVAL Option ON.
o Save and refresh your form, you will have a random number generated on the
form page.
