Customfields saving data

[soduno]

I am creating a custom field in the categories backend. The custom field is showing correctly (no problems there), but I cannot save any data to it.

 

I am using a override. Do I have to do any other creations than just adding a new array specifying the input that gonna be added like following (to renderForm) in adminCategoryController.php:

				array(
					'type' => 'text',
					'name' => 'myCustomField',
					'label' => $this->l('custom label'),
					'required' => false,
					'hint' => $this->l('custom descr'),	
				),

I have seen some examples where modifications to the database is needed, but is that required?

Normally, speaking of plugins, you dont need to do any database modifications to that custom field in a plugin. :-)

 

Edit: Ended up creating a module for this instead, since overriding isn't the smartest idea.

Edited May 26, 2016 by soduno (see edit history)

[soduno]

Okay. Seems that I needed to specify that field inside override->classes->Category.php and then add it to $definition array :-)