Hi there,

I have an issue setting the datefield to have three seperate dropdowns. I googled and tried a few alternatives... but with no luck...

here is my code snipped....

function getCMSFields()
{
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$dateField = new DateField('DateOfBirth');
$dateField->setConfig('dmyfields',true);
$fields->replaceField('DateOfBirth',$dateField);
return $fields;
}

Please slap me if I done something stupid.... also remember, I am a SS noob...

public function getCMSFields()
{
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$dateField = new DateField('DateOfBirth');
$dateField->setConfig('dmyfields',true);
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Main', $dateField, 'Content');
//$fields->replaceField('DateOfBirth',$dateField);
return $fields;
}

Hi Thomas, thanks for your reply.

I'm going to give more detail, because I dont know if what I am doing is really going to work.

I am extending members using a dataextension.

class MyMember extends DataExtension {

static $db = array
(
'DateOfBirth'=>'Date'
);

static $has_one = array
(
'MemberAvatar' => 'Image'
);

public function getCMSFields()
{
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$dateField = new DateField('DateOfBirth');
$dateField->setConfig('dmyfields',true);
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Main', $dateField, 'Content'); //added by thomas
//$fields->replaceField('DateOfBirth',$dateField); //removed by thomas
return $fields;
}

}

i then have the extension added in the yaml file:

Member:
extensions:
- MyMember

In an extension the method call is updateCMSFields(FieldList $list), not getCMSFields.

Also FYI dmyfields will give you three inputs not 3 dropdowns. If you want to have dropdowns have a look at https://github.com/dnadesign/silverstripe-datedropdownselectorfield