Text Datatypes

Input

The input field is a simple text input field. It's data is stored in a VARCHAR column in the database. The display width and database column length can be configured in the object class definition.

To set the value of an input field, the string value needs to be passed to the setter.

$object->setInput("Some Text");
$object->save();

Password

The password field is basically the same as the input field with hidden input characters. It's column length can not be changed, since passwords are always hashed using password_hash algorithm.

To determine if a string is hashed already password_get_info() is used. The string will not be hashed again if it is already hashed.

password_hash algorithm is the default hashing algorithm in Pimcore. No other hashing algorithms are currently supported.

Textarea

The textarea is an input widget for unformatted plain text. It is stored in a TEXT column in the database. Setting it's value works the same as for the input field. The width and height of the input widget can be configured in the object field definition.

WYSIWYG

The WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) input field is identical with the textarea field except for the fact that it's input widget allows formatting of text and can even hold images and links (references to assets and documents). If images and documents are used in a WYSIWYG widget, they create a dependency for the current object. To insert an image, assets can be dragged to a WYSIWYG widget. In order to create a link, a document needs to be dragged and dropped on selected text in the WYSIWYG widget. The text is stored as HTML.

Input Quantity Value

Quite similar to Quantity Value except that text values are allowed instead of the strict restriction to numeric values.