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EmailAddress Field Type

EmailAddress Field Type¶

The EmailAddress Field Type represents an email address, in the form of a string.

Name	Internal name	Expected input type
`EmailAddress`	`ezemail`	`string`

PHP API Field Type¶

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.

// Value object content example

use Ibexa\Core\FieldType\EmailAddress\Type;

// Instantiates an EmailAddress Value object with default value (empty string)
$emailaddressValue = new Type\Value();

// Email definition
$emailaddressValue->email = "[email protected]";

Constructor¶

The EmailAddress\Value constructor will initialize a new Value object with the value provided. It accepts a string as input.

// Constructor example

use Ibexa\Core\FieldType\EmailAddress\Type;
 
// Instantiates an EmailAddress Value object
$emailaddressValue = new Type\Value( "[email protected]" );

String representation¶

String representation of the Field Type's Value object is the email address contained in it.

Example: [email protected]

Hash format¶

Hash value for this Field Type's Value is simply the email address as a string.

Example: [email protected]

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.