passwordField()
Description
Builds and returns a string containing a password field form control based on the supplied objectName and property. Note: Pass any additional arguments like class, rel, and id, and the generated tag will also include those values as HTML attributes.
Function Syntax
passwordField(objectName, property [, association, position, label, labelPlacement, prepend, append, prependToLabel, appendToLabel, errorElement, errorClass ])
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
objectName |
any |
Yes | |
The variable name of the object to build the form control for. |
property |
string |
Yes | |
The name of the property to use in the form control. |
association |
string |
No | |
The name of the association that the property is located on. Used for building nested forms that work with nested properties. If you are building a form with deep nesting, simply pass in a list to the nested object, and Wheels will figure it out. |
position |
string |
No | |
The position used when referencing a hasMany relationship in the association argument. Used for building nested forms that work with nested properties. If you are building a form with deep nestings, simply pass in a list of positions, and Wheels will figure it out. |
label |
string |
No | useDefaultLabel |
The label text to use in the form control. |
labelPlacement |
string |
No | around |
Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control. |
prepend |
string |
No | |
String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags. |
append |
string |
No | |
String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags. |
prependToLabel |
string |
No | |
String to prepend to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags. |
appendToLabel |
string |
No | |
String to append to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags. |
errorElement |
string |
No | span |
HTML tag to wrap the form control with when the object contains errors. |
errorClass |
string |
No | fieldWithErrors |
The class name of the HTML tag that wraps the form control when there are errors. |
Examples
<!--- Provide a `label` and the required `objectName` and `property` --->
<cfoutput>
#passwordField(label="Password", objectName="user", property="password")#
</cfoutput>
<!--- Display fields for passwords provided by the `passwords` association and nested properties --->
<fieldset>
<legend>Passwords</legend>
<cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(user.passwords)#" index="i">
#passwordField(label="Password ##i#", objectName="user", association="passwords", position=i, property="password")#
</cfloop>
</fieldset>
