For the setup code, please reffer to Articles that only have relations to Other Pages

When creating a Holding Page and then a Article page I would like to set a hidden field with the current user in it. This way I can have at least a fast way to see who changed the Article last. As far as I can see SilverStripe has a history function of Objects, but I just need the last user for now, and not the complete history.

How would one hide a text Field in the CMS, and then auto-fill it with the current user ID or Name or whatever is needed to link the current user to the edit.

I hope this question has not been asked before.

Greetings from Germany

Hi Adesso,

here are two options for solving your problem:

class MyPage extends Page
{
    private static $has_one = array(
        'Creator' => 'Member',
    );

    // Option A: Your approach with a hiddenfield:
    public function getCMSFields()
    {
        $fields = parent::getCMSFields()
        if (!$this->exists()) $fields->replaceField('CreatorID', HiddenField::create('CreatorID', null, Member::currentUserID());
        return $fields;
    }

    // Option B: A little more elegantly than the hidden field, using a hook:
    public function onBeforeWrite()
        parent::onBeforeWrite();
        if (!$this->CreatorID) $this->CreatorID = Member::currentUserID();
    }
}

I hope this helps.

Cheers

Andy