Form Field class for the Joomla Platform.

Displays options as a list of check boxes. Multiselect may be forced to be true.

• see: JFormFieldCheckbox
• since: 11.1

Located in /libraries/joomla/form/fields/checkboxes.php (line 22)

JFormField
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   --JFormFieldCheckboxes

mixed $checkedOptions (line 46)

The comma seprated list of checked checkboxes value.

• since: 3.2
• access: public

boolean $forceMultiple = true (line 38)

Flag to tell the field to always be in multiple values mode.

• since: 11.1
• access: protected

string $type = 'Checkboxes' (line 30)

The form field type.

• since: 11.1
• access: protected

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Redefinition of:

JFormField::$type

The form field type.

Inherited Variables

Inherited from JFormField

JFormField::$autocomplete
JFormField::$autofocus
JFormField::$class
JFormField::$count
JFormField::$default
JFormField::$description
JFormField::$disabled
JFormField::$element
JFormField::$fieldname
JFormField::$form
JFormField::$formControl
JFormField::$generated_fieldname
JFormField::$group
JFormField::$hidden
JFormField::$hint
JFormField::$id
JFormField::$input
JFormField::$label
JFormField::$labelClass
JFormField::$multiple
JFormField::$name
JFormField::$onchange
JFormField::$onclick
JFormField::$pattern
JFormField::$readonly
JFormField::$repeat
JFormField::$required
JFormField::$size
JFormField::$spellcheck
JFormField::$translateDescription
JFormField::$translateHint
JFormField::$translateLabel
JFormField::$validate
JFormField::$value

getInput (line 125)

Method to get the field input markup for check boxes.

• return: The field input markup.
• since: 11.1
• access: protected

string getInput ()

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Redefinition of:

JFormField::getInput()

Method to get the field input markup.

getOptions (line 193)

Method to get the field options.

• return: The field option objects.
• since: 11.1
• access: protected

array getOptions ()

setup (line 106)

Method to attach a JForm object to the field.

• return: True on success.
• see: JFormField::setup()
• since: 3.2
• access: public

boolean setup (SimpleXMLElement $element, mixed $value, [string $group = null])

• SimpleXMLElement $element: The SimpleXMLElement object representing the <field /> tag for the form field object.
• mixed $value: The form field value to validate.
• string $group: The field name group control value. This acts as as an array container for the field. For example if the field has name="foo" and the group value is set to "bar" then the full field name would end up being "bar[foo]".

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Redefinition of:

JFormField::setup()

Method to attach a JForm object to the field.

__get (line 57)

Method to get certain otherwise inaccessible properties from the form field object.

• return: The property value or null.
• since: 3.2
• access: public

mixed __get (string $name)

• string $name: The property name for which to the the value.

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Redefinition of:

JFormField::__get()

Method to get certain otherwise inaccessible properties from the form field object.

__set (line 79)

Method to set certain otherwise inaccessible properties of the form field object.

• since: 3.2
• access: public

void __set (string $name, mixed $value)

• string $name: The property name for which to the the value.
• mixed $value: The value of the property.

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Redefinition of:

JFormField::__set()

Method to set certain otherwise inaccessible properties of the form field object.

Inherited Methods

Inherited From JFormField

JFormField::__construct()
JFormField::getAttribute()
JFormField::getControlGroup()
JFormField::getFieldName()
JFormField::getId()
JFormField::getInput()
JFormField::getLabel()
JFormField::getName()
JFormField::getTitle()
JFormField::setForm()
JFormField::setup()
JFormField::setValue()
JFormField::__get()
JFormField::__set()