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Author Field Type

This Field Type allows the storage and retrieval of one or more authors. For each author, it can handle a name and an email address. It is typically used to store information about additional authors who have written/created different parts of a Content item.

Name Internal name Expected input Output
Author ezauthor mixed string
## PHP API Field Type

Value Object

Properties
Attribute Type Description Example
authors \eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Author\Author[] List of authors. See below

Example:

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$authorList = Author\Value([
   new Author\Author([
       'id' => 1,
       'name' => 'Boba Fett',
       'email' => '[email protected]'
   ]),
   new Author\Author([
       'id' => 2,
       'name' => 'Darth Vader',
       'email' => '[email protected]'
   ]),
]);

Hash format

The hash format mostly matches the value object. It has the following key authors.

Example

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[
    [
       'id' => 1,
       'name' => 'Boba Fett',
       'email' => '[email protected]'
    ],
    [
       'id' => 2,
       'name' => 'Darth Vader',
       'email' => '[email protected]'
    ]
]
String representation

The string contains all the authors with their names and emails.

Example: John Doe [email protected]

Validation

This Field Type does not perform any special validation of the input value.

Settings

The Field definition of this Field Type can be configured with a single option:

Name Type Default value Description
defaultAuthor mixed Type::DEFAULT_VALUE_EMPTY One of the DEFAULT_* constants, used by the administration interface for setting the default Field value. See below for more details.

Following defaultAuthor default value options are available as constants in the eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Author\Type class:

Constant Description
DEFAULT_VALUE_EMPTY Default value will be empty.
DEFAULT_CURRENT_USER Default value will use currently logged user. 
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// Author Field Type example settings

use eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Author\Type;

$settings = [
    "defaultAuthor" => Type::DEFAULT_VALUE_EMPTY
];