Setting model fields

Alter has built in support to WordPress default fields such as title and thumbnail, you just need to set to true using the $fields attribute.

use Hero\Core\Model;
class Car extends Model {

  public $fields = [

    'title' => true,
    'thumbnail' => true

  ];

}

Custom fields

Alter allows you to use custom fields in your model:

public $fields = [
  'name' => [
    'type' => 'text',
    'label' => 'Name' // Name showed on WordPress admin
  ]
];

The built in field types on Alter are:

text: A simple text field

long_text: A textarea that allows more text than text

int: A field of type number.

boolean: A checkbox field

image: An image field, you can enable multiple images via multiple parameter:

'gallery' => [
  'type' => 'image',
  'label' => 'Gallery',
  'multiple' => true // Enables multiple images
]

list: A select field, you can pass the options throught the options parameter:

'fruits' => [
  'type' => 'list',
  'label' => 'Fruits',
  'options' => ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana']
]

Using the list field type you can also pass a function name or an Closure in the options parameter:

function get_fruits(){
  return ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana']
}

'fruits' => [
  'type' => 'list',
  'label' => 'Fruits',
  'options' => 'get_fruits'
]

file: A file field

In some cases you want to show an specific field in a specific condition, you can do this using conditional fields:

protected $fields = [
  'title' => true,
  'color' => [
    'type' => 'text',
    'label' => 'Color',
    'if' => ['name', '==', 'contact']
  ],
];

In the example above the field color will only appear if the post_name is contact.

Alter uses Meta Box to create the custom fields, you can also use any of the Meta Box fields.