Two questions regarding hiding fields

scjack · March 2013

1. I have set one of my db fields to hidden. However, the content within the field's records has html code in it and the " marks in the seem to be breking at the bottom of the form when displaying the hidden value such that half of the href (after the " is visible.

2. I am trying to figure out how to hide the same field in the list mode of the cms. Any ideas how to accomplish this?

admin · March 2013

If it's a field you really don't want displayed or have no need for it, you can use;

function form_fields($values = array(), $related = array())
{
     $fields = parent::form_fields($values, $related);
     unset($fields['my_hidden_field']);
     return $fields;
}

Otherwise, you will need to use something like htmlentities on the data, which can be done by overwriting the find_one_array method on your model:

function find_one_array($where = array(), $order_by = NULL, $return_method = NULL)
{
     $data = parent::find_one_array($where, $order_by, $return_method);
     $data['my_hidden_field'] = htmlentities($data['my_hidden_field']);
     return $data;
}

Or you can create your own method and specify in your module's config the "edit_method" value which by default is the "find_one_array" method.

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