Dynamic Input Field visible on page edit only?

[YYHMedia]

I have a dropdown selector for a particular template/page type that allows me to select associated pages - in this case herbal ingredients.  So on the page:

https://theory.yinyanghouse.com/theory/herbalmedicine/tcm-formulas/shen-bu-xin-wan-calm-shen-and-supplement-heart-pills , for example, at the bottom you see "this formula has 8 ingredients" and then below that it links to all of those pages.  This is created by going through the array

$relherbs = $page->fherb_ingredients;

What I would like is a field than when I edit the page that is dynamically created with some data from that array.  Ultimately I would use this to cut and paste into another site for some related links.  So a field that takes what I've selected in my dropdown list and does something like:

show in field when editing

go through the $relherbs array and show:

$myherbs .= '<li><a href="' . $relherb->iherb_functional_grouping->url . '">' . $relherb->iherb_functional_grouping->title . '</a></li>';

 

 

I don't need or even want this field to be saved into the database, just shown in a field on the edit page.  I could technically also do this by having it shown only to admins on the page itself - either way is fine.  That seems like it would unnecessarily slow down page loads for no good reason though.

This page 

 seems close, but it's not quite what I want, particularly since I don't want it actually saved.  

Thanks for any help.

 

[MindFull]

5 hours ago, YYHMedia said:

 seems close, but it's not quite what I want, particularly since I don't want it actually saved.  

Then don't save it No, really though, if you want you can just delete/clear the field before save.

[Robin S]

6 hours ago, YYHMedia said:

I don't need or even want this field to be saved into the database, just shown in a field on the edit page.

Check out Runtime Markup: http://modules.processwire.com/modules/fieldtype-runtime-markup/