Manufacturer

A search input field for selecting a brand from the available brands. Data can be searched by brand name. Useful for linking related brands or adding brand references in custom forms. This field can be combined with a repeater field to configure brand lists.

Screenshots

Field render in form:

Field render in field group:

Configuration

• Settings:

  • Name: The label for the field.
  • Slug: The unique technical identifier.
  • Exclude disabled: Option to exclude disabled categories from the search results.

• Validation:

  • Require: Determines if the field must be filled out.

• Design:

  • Instructions: Text displayed alongside the field providing details about the data needed.
  • Width: The width of the field in the form.
  • Classes: Custom CSS classes for styling the field.
  • ID: Custom ID attribute for the field.
  • Text before: Additional text displayed before the field.
  • Text after: Additional text displayed after the field.

Return format

• Type: Object (RelationFieldValue) or null
• Object methods:

// Return related entity object
$brand = $relationFieldValue->getEntity(); 

// Return related entity field groups
$fieldGroups = $relationFieldValue->getFieldGroups(); 

info

The field value returns an object instead of an array to perform lazy loading of sub-values (object, field groups, and presenter for certain entities) and ensure process performance.

Usage

/some-template.tpl

{* Object or Entity and Id *}
{assign var="data" value=$modules.customfieldgroups.data->get($brand)}
{assign var="data" value=$modules.customfieldgroups.data->get('manufacturer', $brand.id)}
  
{if $data.field_group_slug.field_slug}
  <span>{$data.field_group_slug.field_slug->getEntity()->id}</span>
  
  {* Entity related field groups *}
  {assign var="entity_field_groups" value=$data.field_group_slug.field_slug->getFieldGroups()}
  <span>{entity_field_groups.field_group_slug.field_slug}</span>
{/if}

/SomeClass.php

function someMethod()
{
    $dataRetriever = DataRetrieverFacade::getInstance();

    $data = $dataRetriever->get($object);               // Object
    $data = $dataRetriever->get('product', $idProduct); // Entity and id

    $brandData = $data['field_group_slug']['field_slug'];
    $brandObject = $brandData ? $brandData->getEntity() : null;
    $brandFieldGroups = $brandData ? $brandData->getFieldGroups() : [];
}