Cybo Advanced Field EngineCyboweb Technologies · Documentation · v1.0.2

Textarea field

Purpose

Multi-line plain text: descriptions, addresses, short paragraphs.

Field type name

textarea

Settings

Setting Description
Instructions Shown to editors below the field label. (max 2000 characters)
Default Value Returned when nothing has been saved yet.
Placeholder Hint shown inside the empty input. (max 255 characters)
Minimum Length Minimum number of characters. Leave empty for no minimum. (min 0, whole number)
Maximum Length Maximum number of characters. Leave empty for no limit. (min 1, whole number)
Rows Height of the input in lines. (min 1, max 100, whole number)
Translation How the field behaves in other languages: translate, copy, copy_once or do_not_translate. Used on top-level fields when WPML is active. See WPML.
Width Width on edit screens, to place fields side by side: 100 (full), 75, 66, 50, 33 or 25 (%). Phones always show full width.
Label per language The label and instructions per language code while editing in that language, e.g. {"nl": {"label": "Prijs"}}. Set on the Translation tab when WPML is active. See WPML.

PHP return value

string containing \n line breaks, or null.

Example

$intro = cafe_get_field( 'intro' );

// Keep the line breaks when printing:
echo nl2br( esc_html( $intro ) );

// Or turn blank lines into paragraphs:
echo wpautop( esc_html( $intro ) );