Email field
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Inheritance
Description
This field works just like a text field except that
- it gives a validation error if it does not appear to be a valid email address
- when rendered it is rendered as a mailto: link to the email (unless the render_dont_link property is set).
Properties
Same as Id field, except
name | default | description |
render_dont_link | 0 | as for Metadata but actually applicable. |
Required Phrases
No additional phrases.
Database
Email fields are stored in the database as
fieldname VARCHAR(255)
API
See API page.
Examples
Most basic example.
{ name => "contact_email", type => "email", }
Do not render the email address as a mailto: link.
{ name => "user_email", type => "email", render_dont_link => 1, }