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Media Field Type¶

This Field Type represents and handles a media (audio/video) binary file.

It is capable of handling the following types of files:

Apple QuickTime
Adobe Flash
Microsoft Windows Media
Real Media
Silverlight
HTML5 Video
HTML5 Audio

Name	Internal name	Expected input
`Media`	`ezmedia`	mixed

PHP API Field Type¶

Input expectations¶

Type	Description	Example
`string`	Path to the media file.	`/Users/jane/butterflies.mp4`
`Ibexa\Core\FieldType\Media\Value`	Media Field Type Value Object with path to the media file as the value of `id` property.	See below.

Value object¶

Properties¶

Ibexa\Core\FieldType\Media\Value offers the following properties.

Note that both Media and BinaryFile Value and Type inherit from the BinaryBase abstract Field Type and share common properties.

Property	Type	Description	Example
`id`	string	Media file identifier. This ID depends on the IO Handler that is being used. With the native, default handlers (FileSystem and Legacy), the ID is the file path, relative to the binary file storage root dir (`var/<vardir>/storage/original` by default).	application/63cd472dd7819da7b75e8e2fee507c68.mp4
`fileName`	string	The human-readable file name, as exposed to the outside. Used to name the file when sending it for download.	butterflies.mp4
`fileSize`	int	File size, in bytes.	1077923
`mimeType`	string	The file's MIME type.	video/mp4
`uri`	string	The binary file's HTTP URI. If the URI doesn't include a host or protocol, it applies to the request domain. The URI is not publicly readable, and must NOT be used to link to the file for download. Use `ibexa_render_field` to generate a valid link to the download controller.	/var/ezdemo_site/storage/original/application/63cd472dd7819da7b75e8e2fee507c68.mp4
`hasController`	boolean	Whether the media has a controller when being displayed.	true
`autoplay`	boolean	Whether the media should be automatically played.	true
`loop`	boolean	Whether the media should be played in a loop.	false
`height`	int	Height of the media.	300
`width`	int	Width of the media.	400
`path`	string	deprecated

Hash format¶

The hash format mostly matches the value object. It has the following keys:

id
path (for backwards compatibility)
fileName
fileSize
mimeType
uri
hasController
autoplay
loop
height
width

Validation¶

The Field Type supports FileSizeValidator, defining maximum size of media file in bytes:

Name	Type	Default value	Description
`maxFileSize`	`int`	`false`	Maximum size of the file in bytes.

// Example of using Media Field Type validator in PHP

use Ibexa\Core\FieldType\Media\Type;

$contentTypeService = $repository->getContentTypeService();
$mediaFieldCreateStruct = $contentTypeService->newFieldDefinitionCreateStruct( "media", "ezmedia" );

// Setting maximum file size to 5 megabytes
$mediaFieldCreateStruct->validatorConfiguration = [
    "FileSizeValidator" => [
        "maxFileSize" => 5 * 1024 * 1024
    ]
];

Settings¶

The Field Type supports the mediaType setting, defining how the media file should be handled in output.

Name	Type	Default value	Description
`mediaType`	mixed	`Type::TYPE_HTML5_VIDEO`	Type of the media, accepts one of the predefined constants.

List of all available mediaType constants is defined in the Ibexa\Core\FieldType\Media\Type class:

Name	Description
`TYPE_FLASH`	Adobe Flash
`TYPE_QUICKTIME`	Apple QuickTime
`TYPE_REALPLAYER`	Real Media
`TYPE_SILVERLIGHT`	Silverlight
`TYPE_WINDOWSMEDIA`	Microsoft Windows Media
`TYPE_HTML5_VIDEO`	HTML5 Video
`TYPE_HTML5_AUDIO`	HTML5 Audio

// Example of using Media Field Type settings in PHP

use Ibexa\Core\FieldType\Media\Type;
 
$contentTypeService = $repository->getContentTypeService();
$mediaFieldCreateStruct = $contentTypeService->newFieldDefinitionCreateStruct( "media", "ezmedia" );

// Setting Adobe Flash as the media type
$mediaFieldCreateStruct->fieldSettings = [
    "mediaType" => Type::TYPE_FLASH,
];