PHP Field Configuration Reference

Textarea

Use this config when fieldType is textarea.

1) Base Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Default	Choices	Description
fieldType	Yes	string	textarea	textarea	Sets control type.
name	Yes	string			Sets control name. Use snake_case.
fieldLabel	Yes	string			Sets control label.
default	No	string			Sets control default value.
required	No	bool	false	true, false	Sets control required.
disabled	No	bool	false	true, false	Sets control disabled.
hideLabelFromVision	No	bool	false	true, false	Sets control hide label from vision.
fieldHelpText	No	string			Sets control help text.
className	No	string			Sets control css class name.
fieldLabelPosition	No	string	top	top, left	Sets control label position.
fieldLabelTextTransform	No	string	uppercase	uppercase, capitalize, lowercase	Sets control label text transform.

2) Textarea Specific Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Default	Choices	Description
rows	No	int	4		The number of visible text rows.
placeholder	No	string			Placeholder text for the textarea.

3) PHP Array Schema

Here is an example of how to use the textarea control in a post meta configuration:

[
    'fieldType' => 'textarea',
    'name' => 'post_textarea',
    'fieldLabel' => 'Post Textarea',
    'required' => false,
    'disabled' => false,
    'hideLabelFromVision' => false,
    'fieldHelpText' => 'Enter multi-line text.',
    'className' => 'custom-class',
    'fieldLabelPosition' => 'top',
    'fieldLabelTextTransform' => 'uppercase',
    'rows' => 4,
    'placeholder' => 'Enter text...',
]

3) Hook-Based Example (Post Meta Config)

It is available to use this control in post meta fields, term meta fields and user settings page and options page fields.

Available hooks:

• native_custom_fields_post_meta_fields
• native_custom_fields_term_meta_fields
• native_custom_fields_user_meta_fields
• native_custom_fields_options_page_fields

add_filter( 'native_custom_fields_post_meta_fields', function( array $configs ): array {
    $post_type = 'book';

    if ( ! isset( $configs[ $post_type ] ) || ! is_array( $configs[ $post_type ] ) ) {
        $configs[ $post_type ] = [
            'post_type' => $post_type,
            'sections'  => [],
        ];
    }

    $configs[ $post_type ]['sections'][] = [
        'meta_box_id'       => 'post_options',
        'meta_box_title'    => 'Post Options',
        'meta_box_context'  => 'normal',
        'meta_box_priority' => 'default',
        'fields'            => [
            [
            'fieldType' => 'textarea',
            'name' => 'post_textarea',
            'fieldLabel' => 'Post Textarea',
            'required' => false,
            'disabled' => false,
            'hideLabelFromVision' => false,
            'fieldHelpText' => 'Enter multi-line text.',
            'className' => 'custom-class',
            'fieldLabelPosition' => 'top',
            'fieldLabelTextTransform' => 'uppercase',
            'rows' => 4,
            'placeholder' => 'Enter text...',
            ],
        ],
    ];

    return $configs;
} );

4) Stored Value Type

Field Type	Meta Value Type
textarea	string