Field Types

Table Field Types

A database field is a single piece of information from a record. A database record is a set of fields.

The properties of a field describe the characteristics and behavior of data added to that field. A field's data type is the most important property because it determines what kind of data the field can store.

Field Type Parameters - Tells additional details to the database about how to store a value and configures general behavior of the input boxes.
Edit Record Parameters - Used in Edit Record layout and it configures the input box appearance and functionality.
Value Processing Parameters - Used in Catalog Record layouts and Details layouts, configures how to process stored value and render HTML content.

string - Text String (Single Line)

Provides a text box for data entry.

Field Type Parameters:

Length (number)
Number of characters. Number of characters not bytes.
- Default: 255
- Min: 1
- Max: 1024

Example:

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.
Autocomplete (radio)
Generate autocomplete data list using table records
Options:
- : No
- autocomplete: Yes

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:my_CSS_class,onclick='alert(1);',autocomplete]

Value Processing Parameters:

Limit Output (list)
Limits returning output text, first number of characters or first number of words.
Options:
- : Returns as it is
- chars: Returns first number of characters from text that was trimmed, sanitized and HTML tags stripped.
- words: Returns first number of words from text that was trimmed, sanitized and HTML tags stripped.
- firstimage: Returns the link to a first image found in the text.
Length (number)
Number of characters or words.
- Default:
- Min: 1
- Max: 1024
Clean Braces (radio)
Deletes all braces from the text. (i.e. to avoid Content Plugins running.)
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes
Clean Quotes (radio)
Deletes all quotes from the text.
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:chars,30,true,true]

multilangstring - Multilingual Text String (Single Line)

Provides a set of text boxes for data entry. One inputbox for each language.

Field Type Parameters:

Length (number)
Number of characters. Number of characters not bytes.
- Default: 255
- Min: 1
- Max: 1024

Example:

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Limit Output (list)
Limits returning output text, first number of characters or first number of words.
Options:
- : Returns as it is
- chars: Returns first number of characters from text that was trimmed, sanitized and HTML tags stripped.
- words: Returns first number of words from text that was trimmed, sanitized and HTML tags stripped.
- firstimage: Returns the link to a first image found in the text.
Length (number)
Number of characters or words.
- Default:
- Min: 1
- Max: 1024
Clean Braces (radio)
Deletes all braces from the text. (i.e. to avoid Content Plugins running.)
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes
Clean Quotes (radio)
Deletes all quotes from the text.
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes
Language (language)
Specify the language. Default front-end languege will be used if not specified.

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:chars,1,true,true]

alias - Alias (For SEO Links)

Alias field that can be used insted of listing_id for SEO purpose.

color - Color

Provides Color Picker functionality in the Edit Form or hexidecimal value as output.

Edit Record Parameters:

Transparent (radio)
Allow transparency - alpha color.
Options:
- : No
- transparent: Yes

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:transparent]

Value Processing Parameters:

Format (radio)
Return formats: HEX is #rrggbb or #rrggbbaa, RGB is rgb(r,g,b) or rgbs(r,g,b,a)
Options:
- : Hexadecimal
- rgba: rgba()

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:rgba]

signature - Signature

A signature pad that allows users to draw smooth signatures on canvas element and export the signatures to PNG/JPG/SVG/WebP images.

Edit Record Parameters:

Width (text)
Width in pixels
Height (text)
Height in pixels

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Image tag or Link (radio)
Show as HTML IMG tag or a link to the image.
Options:
- : Image Tag
- link: Link
Image Format (list)
Options:
- jpg: Show as JPG image
- png: Show as PNG image
- svg: Show as SVG image
- webp: Show as WEBP image

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:link,jpg]

text - Text Area (Multilple Lines)

Provides a textarea box for data entry.

Field Type Parameters:

Text Editor (list)
Options:
- : No Editor
- rich: Rich Text Editor
Spell Checker (radio)
Options:
- : No
- spellcheck: Yes

Example:

rich,spellcheck

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Limit Output (list)
Limits returning output text, first number of characters or first number of words.
Options:
- : Returns as it is
- chars: Returns first number of characters from text that was trimmed, sanitized and HTML tags stripped.
- words: Returns first number of words from text that was trimmed, sanitized and HTML tags stripped.
- firstimage: Returns the link to a first image found in the text.
Length (number)
Number of characters or words.
- Default:
- Min: 1
- Max: 1024
Clean Braces (radio)
Deletes all braces from the text. (i.e. to avoid Content Plugins running.)
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes
Clean Quotes (radio)
Deletes all quotes from the text.
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:50,1,true,true]

multilangtext - Multilingual Text Area (Multilple Lines)

Provides a set of textarea boxes for data entry. One textarea box for each language.

Field Type Parameters:

Text Editor (list)
Options:
- : No Editor
- rich: Rich Text Editor
Spell Checker (radio)
Options:
- : No
- spellcheck: Yes

Example:

rich,spellcheck

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Limit Output (list)
Limits returning output text, first number of characters or first number of words.
Options:
- : Returns as it is
- chars: Returns first number of characters from text that was trimmed, sanitized and HTML tags stripped.
- words: Returns first number of words from text that was trimmed, sanitized and HTML tags stripped.
- firstimage: Returns the link to a first image found in the text.
Length (number)
Number of characters or words.
- Default:
- Min: 1
- Max: 1024
Clean Braces (radio)
Deletes all braces from the text. (i.e. to avoid Content Plugins running.)
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes
Clean Quotes (radio)
Deletes all quotes from the text.
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes
Language (language)
Specify the language. Default front-end languege will be used if not specified.

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:chars,50,true,true]

int - Integer Number

Provides an integer number inputbox.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

float - Float (Decimal) Number

Provides a decimal number inputbox.

Field Type Parameters:

Decimals (number)
Number of digits to the right of the decimal point (the scale). Must be no larger than Precision Number of digits.
- Default: 2
- Min: 1
- Max: 30
Precision (number)
Maximum number of digits (the precision).
- Default: 20
- Min: 1
- Max: 65
Smart Imput (radio)
Allows input without pressing decimal point key. Example: to type [12.67] just type [1267] The decimal point will be placed by itself.
Options:
- smart: Yes
- : No

Example:

2,1,smart

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:inputboxClass,readonly='readonly']

Value Processing Parameters:

Number of decimals (number)
Format returning number. Add tracing 0 if needed. (useful when formating a currency)
- Default:
- Max: 30
Decimal Separator (string)
Separate decimals with provided character. i.e. ',' or '.'
Thousand Separator (string)
Separate thousands with provided character. i.e. ',' or '.' or ' ' (space)

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:2,.,","]

records - SLQ Table Join (Multiple)

Provides a Multiple Left Join to records of another table.

Field Type Parameters:

Table (table)
Type the name of the Custom Table to join/link with.
Field Name (string)
Type the field name to return the value from (that can be overwritten in Layout). You may type layout name instead. options: [layout:the layout or tablelesslayout:the layout]
Selector (list)
How to select records.
Options:
- single: Single Record (Dropdown List)
- multi: Multiple Records (Dropdown List)
- radio: Single Record (Radio)
- checkbox: Multiple Records (Checkboxes)
- multibox: Multiple Records (Add Record List, requires Dynamic Filter)
Filter (string)
Limits records using filter. Example: [age>30] where age is a field in joining table
Dynamic Filter (string)
Used with multibox, requires that joining table contain SQL Join field to use it as Category Filter
Order By (string)
Field name to sort record by
Allow Unpublished (radio)
Allow to select unpublished records.
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes

Example:

products,title,single,,,title,true

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

checkbox - Checkbox (YES/NO)

Provides a single checkbox to be checked or unchecked

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.
Format (list)
Type of checkbox
Options:
- : Simple HTML Checkbox
- yesno: Yes/No buttons

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:,,yesno]

email - Email

Provides an email field.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

url - URL / Link

URL / Link to some website. Must start with http:// or https://

Field Type Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
HTTPS Only (radio)
Allow only secure URL links
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes
Domain Name (string)
Must include following domain name, separate domain names with the comma. Example: youtube.com,youtu.be
Allow Query Parameters (radio)
Allow the URL links include query parameters like ?param1=blahblahblah
Options:
- : Yes
- false: No

Example:

,true,,false

date - Date

Date Picker

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Format (string)
PHP date format i.e. 'Y-m-d' or Joomla defined format (language supported) if left empty. 'timestamp' to return the datetime in UNIX timestamp format.

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:Y-m-d]

time - Time

Time Selection. Saves value in ticks with defined offset. It will save time as number of seconds from the midnight by default.

Field Type Parameters:

Min (From) Time (string)
Minimum (From) Time that can be selected.
Max (To) Time (string)
Maximum (To) Time that can be selected.
Step (string)
Selection increment. you can use h - hours, m - minutes, s - seconds. Or combined: 1h5m
Save Ticks (string)
Save the value as a number of ticks.
Save Tick Offset (string)
Save value offset number.

Example:

10h5m,70h,5m,1s,1s

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.
format (string)
Date/Time format. Similar to PHP date format.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Format (string)
PHP date format i.e. 'h:i:s'

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:"h:i"]

image - Image File

Provides Image Upload functionality.

Field Type Parameters:

Image Size Options (imagesizelist)
You may specify various size options. When image file being uploaded, the Custom Tables will create a modified version(s) of the image file based on the settings provided.
Image Processing Methods (multiselect)
Image processing methods that will be applied to newly uploaded image. This option available in Pro Version Only.
Folder (folder)
Folder where all the files will be kept. By default /images

Example:

"id,100,100,,jpg",,/images/product_photos

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

imagegallery - Image Gallery
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE

Provides Multiple Image Upload functionality.

Field Type Parameters:

Image Size Options (imagesizelist)
You may specify various size options. When image file being uploaded, the Custom Tables will create a modified version(s) of the image file based on the settings provided.
Image Processing Methods (multiselect)
Image processing methods that will be applied to a newly uploaded image. This option availabel in Pro Version Only.
Folder (folder)
Folder where all the files will be kept. By default /images

Example:

"id,100,100,,jpg",,/images/product_photos

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

file - File

Provides File Upload functionality.

Field Type Parameters:

Max File Size (int)
Obsolete. The max. upload file size is taken from PHP.ini file. No need to specify anything.
Folder (folder)
Folder where all the files will be kept. By default /images
File Types (string)
List of acceptable file types (list separated by space)
Save As File Name (string)
Specify the name of a newly uploaded file. You may use field tags [fieldname]
Custom PHP (string)
PHP file/function that will process file content before being downloaded by the user. File must be located at /components/com_customtables/customphp.

Example:

8,/images/user_files,"doc docx"

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Security (list)
Encrypts the link to the file and limits access time to it.
Options:
- : Public. Direct link to the file.
- timelimited: Time Limited (8-24 minutes)
- timelimited_longterm: Time Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
- hostlimited: Time/Host Limited (8-24 minutes)
- hostlimited_longterm: Time/Host Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
- private: Time/Host/User Limited (8-24 minutes)
- private_longterm: Time/Host/User Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
Link (list)
How to render the link
Options:
- icon-filename-link: Clickable Icon and File Name
- icon-link: Clickable Icon
- filename-link: Clickable File Name
- link-anchor: Clickable Link
- icon: Icon (IMG tag)
- : Link Only
- filename: File Name
- link-to-icon: Link to Icon file
- extension: Extension
Icon (list)
Select the icon size
Options:
- 16: 16px X 16px Icon
- 32: 32px X 32px Icon
- 48: 48px X 48px Icon
Target Window (list)
Target browser window when opening the link
Options:
- : Parent
- _blank: New Window With Navigation
- savefile: Open Save File As Dialog Window

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:timelimited,filename-link,32,parent]

filebox - File Box
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE

Provides Multiple File Upload functionality. It also tracks versions.

Field Type Parameters:

Max File Size (int)
Maximum file size that can be uploaded to the server (in megabytes). Note: check your PHP settings as well.
Folder (folder)
Folder where all the files will be kept. By default /images
File Type (string)
List of acceptable file types (list separated by space)

Example:

20,/images/userfiles,"pdf ppt"

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Security (list)
Encrypts the link to the file and limits access time to it.
Options:
- : Public. Direct link to the file.
- timelimited: Time Limited (8-24 minutes)
- timelimited_longterm: Time Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
- hostlimited: Time/Host Limited (8-24 minutes)
- hostlimited_longterm: Time/Host Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
- private: Time/Host/User Limited (8-24 minutes)
- private_longterm: Time/Host/User Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
Link (list)
How to render the link
Options:
- icon-filename-link: Clickable Icon and File Name
- icon-link: Clickable Icon
- filename-link: Clickable File Name
- link-anchor: Clickable Link
- icon: Icon (IMG tag)
- : Link Only
- filename: File Name
- link-to-icon: Link to Icon file
- extension: Extension
Icon (list)
Select the icon size
Options:
- 16: 16px X 16px Icon
- 32: 32px X 32px Icon
- 48: 48px X 48px Icon
Target Window (list)
Target browser window when opening the link.
Options:
- : Parent
- _blank: New Window With Navigation
- savefile: Open Save File As Dialog Window
List Format (list)
How to the output list format.
Options:
- : Ordered List
  1. tags
  2. ul: Unorderd List
    - tags
    - ,: Comma separated
    - ;: Separated by semicolon

filelink - File Link

Path to a folder on the server. Provides selection of the file at provided path.

Field Type Parameters:

Folder (folder)
Folder a user can select a file from.

Example:

/images/userfiles

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Security (list)
Encrypts the link to the file and limits access time to it.
Options:
- : Public. Direct link to the file.
- timelimited: Time Limited (8-24 minutes)
- timelimited_longterm: Time Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
- hostlimited: Time/Host Limited (8-24 minutes)
- hostlimited_longterm: Time/Host Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
- private: Time/Host/User Limited (8-24 minutes)
- private_longterm: Time/Host/User Limited (1.5 - 4 hours)
Link (list)
How to render the link
Options:
- icon-filename-link: Clickable Icon and File Name
- icon-link: Clickable Icon
- filename-link: Clickable File Name
- link-anchor: Clickable Link
- icon: Icon (IMG tag)
- : Link Only
- filename: File Name
- link-to-icon: Link to Icon file
- extension: Extension
Icon (list)
Select the icon size
Options:
- 16: 16px X 16px Icon
- 32: 32px X 32px Icon
- 48: 48px X 48px Icon
Target Window (list)
Target browser window when opening the link
Options:
- : Parent
- _blank: New Window With Navigation
- savefile: Open Save File As Dialog Window

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:timelimited,filename-link,32,parent]

creationtime - Creation Time

Stores the date/time when record was created.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Format (string)
PHP date format i.e. 'Y-m-d' or Joomla defined format (language supported) if left empty. 'timestamp' to return the datetime in UNIX timestamp format.

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:Y-m-d]

changetime - Change Time

Stores the date/time when record was last modified.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Format (string)
PHP date format i.e. 'Y-m-d' or Joomla defined format (language supported) if left empty. 'timestamp' to return the datetime in UNIX timestamp format.

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:Y-m-d]

lastviewtime - View Time

Stores the date/time when record was last viewed.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

Value Processing Parameters:

Format (string)
PHP date format i.e. 'Y-m-d' or Joomla defined format (language supported) if left empty. 'timestamp' to return the datetime in UNIX timestamp format.

Example 1:

[Field Name]

Example 2:

[Field Name:Y-m-d]

viewcount - View Count

Stores the view count number.

userid - Author User

Stores the ID of the user who created the record.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

user - User

Provides User Selection box. It can also create a New User account if all nessesary fields are set: Name,Email,User Group(s)

Field Type Parameters:

User Groups (string)
Limit selection to certain User Group(s). Or used as default User Group(s) when creating a new user account.
Name (string)
Used to create new user account only. Field tags, example: [firstname] [lastname]
Email (string)
Used to create new user account only. Field tags, example: sales@joomlaboat.com
Name Filter (string)
Limit selection to certain name - name must content this characters.
Unique Users (radio)
Do not let assign same user account to different records.
Options:
- : Not Unique
- unique: Unique

Example:

,,,,unique

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

language - Language

Provides Language Selection box.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

server - Server Info
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE

Server and execution environment variables. See: http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php

Field Type Parameters:

Option (list)
Select what information to save.
Options:
- REMOTE_ADDR: REMOTE_ADDR
  The IP address from which the user is viewing the current page.
- HTTP_REFERER: HTTP_REFERER
  The address of the page (if any) which referred the user agent to the current page. This is set by the user agent. Not all user agents will set this, and some provide the ability to modify HTTP_REFERER as a feature. In short, it cannot really be trusted.
- REMOTE_HOST: REMOTE_HOST
  The Host name from which the user is viewing the current page. The reverse dns lookup is based off the REMOTE_ADDR of the user.
- REMOTE_PORT: REMOTE_PORT
  The port being used on the user's machine to communicate with the web server.
- REMOTE_USER: REMOTE_USER
  The authenticated user.
- PHP_SELF: PHP_SELF
  The filename of the currently executing script, relative to the document root.
- GATEWAY_INTERFACE: GATEWAY_INTERFACE
  Revision of the CGI specification the server is using; i.e. 'CGI/1.1'
- SERVER_ADDR: SERVER_ADDR
  The IP address of the server under which the current script is executing.
- SERVER_NAME: SERVER_NAME
  The name of the server host under which the current script is executing. If the script is running on a virtual host, this will be the value defined for that virtual host.
- SERVER_SOFTWARE: SERVER_SOFTWARE
  Server identification string, given in the headers when responding to requests.
- SERVER_PROTOCOL: SERVER_PROTOCOL
  Name and revision of the information protocol via which the page was requested; i.e. 'HTTP/1.0'
- REQUEST_METHOD: REQUEST_METHOD
  Which request method was used to access the page; i.e. 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'PUT'.
- REQUEST_TIME: REQUEST_TIME
  The timestamp of the start of the request. Available since PHP 5.1.0.
- REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT: REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT
  The timestamp of the start of the request, with microsecond precision. Available since PHP 5.4.0.
- QUERY_STRING: QUERY_STRING
  The query string, if any, via which the page was accessed.
- DOCUMENT_ROOT: DOCUMENT_ROOT
  The document root directory under which the current script is executing, as defined in the server's configuration file.
- HTTP_ACCEPT: HTTP_ACCEPT
  Contents of the Accept: header from the current request, if there is one.
- HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET: HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET
  Contents of the Accept-Charset: header from the current request, if there is one. Example: 'iso-8859-1,*,utf-8'.
- HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING
  Contents of the Accept-Encoding: header from the current request, if there is one. Example: 'gzip'.
- HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
  Contents of the Accept-Language: header from the current request, if there is one. Example: 'en'.
- HTTP_CONNECTION: HTTP_CONNECTION
  Contents of the Connection: header from the current request, if there is one. Example: 'Keep-Alive'.
- HTTP_HOST: HTTP_HOST
  Contents of the Host: header from the current request, if there is one.
- HTTP_USER_AGENT: HTTP_USER_AGENT
  Contents of the User-Agent: header from the current request, if there is one. This is a string denoting the user agent which is accessing the page. A typical example is: Mozilla/4.5 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.9 i586). Among other things, you can use this value with get_browser() to tailor your page's output to the capabilities of the user agent.
- HTTPS: HTTPS
  Set to a non-empty value if the script was queried through the HTTPS protocol.
- REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER: REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER
  The authenticated user if the request is internally redirected.
- SCRIPT_FILENAME: SCRIPT_FILENAME
  The absolute pathname of the currently executing script.
- SERVER_ADMIN: SERVER_ADMIN
  The value given to the SERVER_ADMIN (for Apache) directive in the web server configuration file. If the script is running on a virtual host, this will be the value defined for that virtual host.
- SERVER_PORT: SERVER_PORT
  The port on the server machine being used by the web server for communication. For default setups, this will be '80'; using SSL, for instance, will change this to whatever your defined secure HTTP port is.
- SERVER_SIGNATURE: SERVER_SIGNATURE
  String containing the server version and virtual host name which are added to server-generated pages, if enabled.
- PATH_TRANSLATED: PATH_TRANSLATED
  Filesystem- (not document root-) based path to the current script, after the server has done any virtual-to-real mapping.
- SCRIPT_NAME: SCRIPT_NAME
  Contains the current script's path. This is useful for pages which need to point to themselves. The __FILE__ constant contains the full path and filename of the current (i.e. included) file.
- REQUEST_URI: REQUEST_URI
  The URI which was given in order to access this page; for instance, '/index.html'.
- PHP_AUTH_DIGEST: PHP_AUTH_DIGEST
  When doing Digest HTTP authentication, this variable is set to the 'Authorization' header sent by the client (which you should then use to make the appropriate validation).
- PHP_AUTH_USER: PHP_AUTH_USER
  When doing HTTP authentication, this variable is set to the username provided by the user.
- PHP_AUTH_PW: PHP_AUTH_PW
  When doing HTTP authentication, this variable is set to the password provided by the user.
- AUTH_TYPE: AUTH_TYPE
  When doing HTTP authentication, this variable is set to the authentication type.
- PATH_INFO: PATH_INFO
  Contains any client-provided pathname information trailing the actual script filename but preceding the query string, if available. For instance, if the current script was accessed via the URL http://www.example.com/php/path_info.php/some/stuff?foo=bar, then $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] would contain /some/stuff.
- ORIG_PATH_INFO: ORIG_PATH_INFO
  Original version of 'PATH_INFO' before processed by PHP.

Example:

REMOTE_ADDR

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

id - Custom Record ID

Autoincremented ID. parameter: start from number

Field Type Parameters:

Start Number (number)
The value starts from number
- Default: 1
- Min: 1

Example:

phponadd - PHP On Add
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE

Executes PHP script on record added event.

Field Type Parameters:

PHP Script (string)
Note that you cannot use single quote symbol. In addition you may use any field value, to do so, just type [fieldname], see more about table catalog layout.

Example:

"Time is ".(time()+3600)

phponchange - PHP On Change
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE

Executes PHP script on record change event.

Field Type Parameters:

PHP Script (string)
Note that you cannot use single quote symbol. In addition you may use any field value, to do so, just type [fieldname], see more about table catalog layout.

Example:

"[firstname]"."[lastname]"

phponview - PHP On View
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE

Executes PHP script on record view event.

Field Type Parameters:

PHP Script (string)
Note that you cannot use single quote symbol. In addition you may use any field value, to do so, just type [fieldname], see more about table catalog layout.
Store in database (list)
Store the field value in the database.
Options:
- : Store Value
- dynamic: Do not store value

Example:

"Time is ".(time()+3600),dynamic

sqljoin - Table Join

Left Join to another table, finds the record and reads value of any field.

Field Type Parameters:

Table (table)
Type the name of the Custom Table to join/link with.
Field Name (string)
Type the field name to return the value by defualt. You may type layout name instead. options: 'layout:layout_name' or 'tablelesslayout:layout_name'
Filter (string)
Limits records using filter. Example: [age>30] where age is a field in joining table
Dynamic Filter (string)
Requires that joining table contains Table Join field to use it as a Category Filter
Order By (string)
Field name to sort record by
Allow Unpublished (radio)
Allow to select unpublished records.
Options:
- : No
- true: Yes
Selector (list)
How to select records.
Options:
- dropdown: Dropdown List
- radio: Radio
Add Foreign Key (list)
A FOREIGN KEY is a key used to link two tables together. The FOREIGN KEY constraint is used to prevent actions that would destroy links between tables. Like deleting table records. Enabled by default.
Options:
- : Add Foreign Key
- noforignkey: No Foreign Key

Example:

products,title,,,title,true,dropdown,noforignkey

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.
Filter (string)
Overwrites field type filter parameter. Limits records using filter. Example: [age>30] where age is a field in joining table

Example:

[Field Name]

googlemapcoordinates - GPS Coordinates

Google Map Coordinates (Latitude and Longitude) with selection map

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

dummy - Translation

Use field name to add translations of some terms in your layout. This doesn't store anything in the Data Base.

article - Article

Select Article box.

Field Type Parameters:

Category ID (int)
Category ID to allow selection from that category only.

Example:

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

multilangarticle - Article (Multilingual)

Select Article box per each language installed.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

md5 - MD5 Hash
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE

MD5 Hash calculated based on selected fields values.

Field Type Parameters:

List of Fields (field)
Field Values will be taken and MD5 Hash code will be calculated over it.

Example:

"firstname,lastname,birthdate"

log - Change Log
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE

Logs all record modifications. User, Datetime, IP. You can return to the previous version of the record.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

usergroup - User Group

User Group Select Box.

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

usergroups - User Groups

User Group Multi Select Box

Field Type Parameters:

Selector (list)
How to select records.
Options:
- single: Single User Group (Select Box)
- multi: Multiple User Groups (List Box)
- radio: Single User Group (Radio)
- checkbox: Multiple User Groups (Checkboxes)

Example:

multi

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)
Name or names of CSS class(s).
Attributes (string)
Optional attributes like: disabled, onclick, onchange etc.

Example:

[Field Name]

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Field Types

Table Field Types

string - Text String (Single Line)

Field Type Parameters:

Length (number)

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)

Attributes (string)

Autocomplete (radio)

Value Processing Parameters:

Limit Output (list)

Length (number)

Clean Braces (radio)

Clean Quotes (radio)

multilangstring - Multilingual Text String (Single Line)

Field Type Parameters:

Length (number)

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)

Attributes (string)

Value Processing Parameters:

Limit Output (list)

Length (number)

Clean Braces (radio)

Clean Quotes (radio)

Language (language)

alias - Alias (For SEO Links)

color - Color

Edit Record Parameters:

Transparent (radio)

Value Processing Parameters:

Format (radio)

signature - Signature

Edit Record Parameters:

Width (text)

Height (text)

Value Processing Parameters:

Image tag or Link (radio)

Image Format (list)

text - Text Area (Multilple Lines)

Field Type Parameters:

Text Editor (list)

Spell Checker (radio)

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)

Attributes (string)

Value Processing Parameters:

Limit Output (list)

Length (number)

Clean Braces (radio)

Clean Quotes (radio)

multilangtext - Multilingual Text Area (Multilple Lines)

Field Type Parameters:

Text Editor (list)

Spell Checker (radio)

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)

Attributes (string)

Value Processing Parameters:

Limit Output (list)

Length (number)

Clean Braces (radio)

Clean Quotes (radio)

Language (language)

int - Integer Number

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)

Attributes (string)

float - Float (Decimal) Number

Field Type Parameters:

Decimals (number)

Precision (number)

Smart Imput (radio)

Edit Record Parameters:

CSS Class (string)

Attributes (string)

Value Processing Parameters:

Number of decimals (number)

Decimal Separator (string)

Thousand Separator (string)

imagegallery - Image Gallery
COM_CUSTOMTABLES_AVAILABLE