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How to know the data types of the fields of the different modules?

David Solano Rojas

Is there any place where the datatype values are stored? I need to know what kind of data they are in order to display them.
For example if the status field is a dropdown I will put a dropdown, if it is a text area I will put a text area etc.

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  • 0 in reply to David Solano Rojas

    No, the API is for v7.x and higher so it will not work in 6.5

    But 6.5.x still has metadata for each of the modules, and that metadata describes your fields, including "name" and "type".

    It's been a while since I worked in 6.x but each module should have vardefs in its directory:

    modules/<module_name>/vardefs.php

    and custom fields will be in:

    custom/Extension/modules/<module_name>/Ext/vardefs.php

    To get a list of fields for a given module programmatically, this should work in 6.x

            $bean = BeanFactory::getBean($module_name);
            $field_defs[$module_name] = $bean->getFieldDefinitions();

     

    Each of those definitions should include the field "name" and "type".

    Let me know if this helps.

    Francesca