ezcontentobjectattribute

Written by Balazs Halasy, 02/22/2005 Updated 04/01/2007 by Balazs Halasy Maintainers: Balazs Halasy, Svitlana Shatokhina

Summary

Contains information about an attribute of a content object.

Persistent

Yes.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
id	string	The ID number of the attribute.
contentobject_id	string	The ID number of the content object that the attribute belongs to.
version	string	The version number of the content object that the attribute belongs to.
language_code	string	The code of the translation that the attribute belongs to (for example "eng-GB").
contentclassattribute_id	string	The ID number of the attribute.
attribute_original_id	string	The original ID of the attribute.
sort_key_int	string	Integer used for sorting.
sort_key_string	string	Text used for sorting.
data_type_string	string	The identifier string of the datatype (for example "ezstring").
data_text	string	Text stored by the attribute.
data_int	string	Integer stored by the attribute.
data_float	string	Float stored by the attribute.
contentclass_attribute	object	The class attribute (as an ezcontentclassattribute object).
contentclass_attribute_identifier	string	The identifier of the content class attribute (for example "first_name").
contentclass_attribute_name	string	The name of the content class attribute.
can_translate	string	1 if the attribute is translatable, 0 if not.
is_information_collector	string	1 if the attribute is an information collector, 0 if not.
is_required	string	1 if the attribute is required, 0 if not.
content	any	The actual content (what is returned when the ".content" notation is used).
has_http_value	boolean	TRUE if the attribute has an HTTP value, FALSE otherwise.
value	any	The HTTP input from the user (if submitted) or the contents of the object attribute from the database (same as the "content" attribute).
has_content	boolean	TRUE if there is attribute contains content, FALSE if it is empty.
class_content	any	The content of the class attribute which this object attribute is made from (same as ".contentclass_attribute.content").
object	object	The object that the attribute belongs to (as an ezcontentobject object).
view_template	string	The name of the template that is used to display the view interface for the attribute (for example "ezstring").
edit_template	string	The name of the template that is used to display the edit interface for the attribute (for example "ezstring").
result_template	string	The name of the template that is used to display the information that was collected by the attribute (for example "ezstring").
has_validation_error	boolean	TRUE if a validation error was detected, FALSE if everything is okay.
validation_error	NULL	The validation error(s), NULL if none.
validation_log	NULL	A log of the validation error(s), NULL if none.
language	object	The original translation (as ezcontentobjectattribute object) of this content object attribute (it may just be the same object).
is_a	string	Returns the identifier of the datatype that is used to represent the attribute (for example "ezstring").
display_info	array	An array containing information about how the attribute should be displayed in different scenarios (for example if the information should be grouped, etc.).
class_display_info	array	An array containing information about how the attribute should be displayed on the class level.

Contributors

Balazs Halasy Author 02/22/2005 Updated 04/01/2007 Maintainer
Svitlana Shatokhina Maintainer
Lior Solomon Commenter 06/30/2005
vytis Commenter 08/31/2005
Clemens Timmermans Commenter 09/29/2005
Bas Commenter 09/21/2005

Comments (4 historical)

Written by readers of the earlier documentation sites, kept as they were.

Great new documantation

Lior Solomon · 06/30/2005 11:48 am

Thank you ez team for the new documantation
will examples will be included as well?
And how to get selected value of Selection object?

vytis · 08/31/2005 11:50 am

how to get selected value of Selectio object without using attribute_view_gui ?
1. Re: And how to get selected value of Selection object?
  
  Clemens Timmermans · 09/29/2005 06:01 pm
  Try something like this:
```
$mynode.data_map.rfcstatus.class_content.options[$mynode.data_map.rfcstatus.value[0]].name
```
Type

Bas · 09/21/2005 12:08 pm

Where it reads for the attributes names:
"contentclass_attribute_identifier"
and
"contentclass_attribute_name"
should just be:
"identifier"
and
"name"

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