[6.0] Numbers custom fields plugin

[TLWebdesign]

I'm trying to create a new custom fields plugin for the standard Joomla Form Field Number. We have it for Integer and i'd like to have the same for the number field. That way w'll also gain ability to use floats.

Summary of Changes

Extra plugin added for the numbers standard form field type. With added currency options for display. Making it very useful for display of menu's for restaurants or anything else where a currency or a number is needed to be displayed.

Testing Instructions

You can discover the plugin and then use it in custom fields. It's called numbers.
Create a custom field of type numbers and check weather the options available do what they supposed to be doing. especially related to the number formatting.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

No numbers custom field available.

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

Numbers custom field available and working.

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[TLWebdesign]

@brianteeman Thanks for reviewing and fixing my mistakes.

[TLWebdesign]

So the wall i'm hitting now is that i can't figure out how the display of the custom field in an "article edit view" is set or adjusted. Looking at for instance the integer custom field it sort of automagically seems to work. Because i can't seem to find a reference anywhere in the plugin folder itself.

Could someone point me in the right direction here?

[sandewt]

I'm not there yet and i need help!

There is still some work to be done regarding the databases and the installation, see e.g.:

https://github.com/TLWebdesign/joomla-cms/blob/f9dec464683f19d5efe9699ee8745d703cea7250/installation/sql/mysql/base.sql#L296

A nice example of another plugin can be found here:
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/42777/files

[HLeithner]

This pull request has been automatically rebased to 5.3-dev.

[suvarnakale]

I have tested this item 🔴 unsuccessfully on 3d8f2bc

I have tested this item and it is not working as expected.

For more information - On discover number field plugin is available and installable. But after onstallation, in standard joomla form the number field is not available.

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[richard67]

Sorry, wrong button.

[richard67]

@exlemor Have you also tested updating from 6.0.0-alpha3? Then you would have noticed that the field will not be added on update due to the wrong update SQL script name.

For PRs which add new update SQL scripts updating should always be part of the test.

@TLWebdesign Maybe you should update the testing instructions accordingly.

[richard67]

Filenames "6.0.0-2024-08-24.sql" are still wrong. Please rename to "6.0.0-2025-08-17.sql". Mind also the year!

[TLWebdesign]

Filenames "6.0.0-2024-08-24.sql" are still wrong. Please rename to "6.0.0-2025-08-17.sql". Mind also the year!

sorry in the rush to get going here i didn't wait long enough for my laptop to commit the renaming. but i see it is done now. Thanks for your help

[richard67]

I will set RTC as it had 2 tests.

@Bodge-IT @softforge When this and the other one with the other field gets merged before beta 1, then we (or you) have to test if updating still works on MySQL and PostgreSQL. I will try to find time for that tomorrow morning, at least for the PostgreSQL part.

[richard67]

RTC

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[richard67]

I will solve the conflicts in the base.sql now.

[richard67]

Done.

[Bodge-IT]

Thanks @TLWebdesign, well done. Thanks for all the tests