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ForeignMultiple1n

ForeignMultiple1n form element

Allows to add various entries in a 1:n-related table to the current entry.

This is a bit like the ForeignSingle handler except that the user does not have options to choose from but an empty input field to enter values that are saved in the foreign table and "connected" with our original table.

sForeignDatabase

String. If set and different from the default database in this SQL Frontend, all calls relevant to this foreign key are executed on this foreign database. Keep in mind that the database has to be accessible by the same database user as defined in dbal.

sForeignTable

String. The table to fetch the entries from (within the same database).

sForeignColumn

String. Column/Field in the foreign table to write the user's input into.

sForeignTableOrderBy

String. The column/field to sort the foreign table by when showing them. Define the order in which to display the values to the user. Append an ASC (from a to z) or DESC (from z to a) to specify the direction.

Example:

name ASC

aForeignWhereShow

Array with where additions that is applied to the foreign table when loading values for output. Example:

'aForeignWhereShow' => array(
    'pid:24',
    'hidden:0'
)

aForeignWhereForm

Array with where additions that is applied to the foreign table when loading values for the form. Example is actually the same as aForeignWhereShow except that you might want to add something or leave something out.

The difference between aForeignWhereShow and aForeignWhereForm is that the first is applied when loading values for outputs whereas the latter is applied when loading values for the form dropdown. This might come in handy whenever you want to give the user the possibility to select only entries that are x and y but want to display them even if they are now not y anymore. More practical example: Let users only select entries that are not hidden but since you change those settings from time to time you might still want to display entries where the foreign keys are -- in the meantime -- hiden.

sLocalUid

String. This is the column of the original (our current own) table that holds the ID that should be written to the foreign table in order to set up the relation.

Example:

uid

sForeignColumnParent

String. As the counterpart of sLocalUid this is the column within the foreign table that will receive the value in sLocalUid. So if sLocalUid is the primary key column of the original table, this is something like the parent key field within the foreign table.

Example:

pid

nMaxCount

Number. Maximum amount of entries. -1 is unlimited.

Example:

3

sWrapSingle

String. Wrapper for every single entry. Don't forget to include a pipe symbol (|). Example:

<li>|</li>

sConcatenate

String. Now think of the uploaded files being outputted in a normal or detail view. How would you like to chain multiple images together? Default is a simple comma but you might change that here.

Example:

,

sConcatenateRaw

String. See sConcatenate. This is pretty much the same except that this chaining string is used whenever we need a raw output (at the moment, only CSV files are built upon raw outputs).