Trying to create an input field that process data as text but gets processed as int

[carlitoselmago]

I'm building a fieldtype/inputfield to visually select a grid like Bootstrap since it's the first time coding such thing, I'm basing my code in FieldtypeColorPicker since the base structure is the same, a graphical UI helper to finally output a string as value.

The problem is I try to save the value as something like "1,2,3" referencing the index of each column selected but it gets converted as an int value so "1,2,3" becomes "1" if input random text it gets converted as "0".

Here is the code:

https://github.com/carlitoselmago/FieldtypeGridSpace

Here's an screenshot of how it looks

[flydev]

I tested it, and it look like its working, see my capture :

- columns echo'd on frontend - ok

- debug dumps - ok

[carlitoselmago]

Oh ok, I guess then it's an issue of simply cached install of the module? Actually I don't understand how this part works very well

[flydev]

Yes maybe the cache. 

Try to clear the compiled files and your browser cache then refresh the module.

 

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Actually I don't understand how this part works very well

What I did is, downloading your module from Github, installed it, dumped the var with TracyDebugger - which you should install in a hurry - and tada, it seem it worked ??

[carlitoselmago]

Thank you guys, i cleared the cache in the modules list view and it works as espected now.

[louisstephens]

Not to keep a thread going, but will this eventually become available in the modules directory? I really like the approach you have taken!

[carlitoselmago]

Thanks! Yes i made it for the specific needs of a client website but the idea is to pollish it a bit and publish it in the Processwire repository, I want to add some options like custom amount of cols etc