Email field

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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).

Inheritance

• Metadata Field
  • Id field
    • Idci field
      • Email field

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,
}