Custom Fieldtype in a plugin at user profile save

Question

I have made a custom fieldtype.

{% import "_includes/forms" as forms %}

{{ forms.textField({
    label: "business"|t,
    required: true,
}) }}

And added it to the user fields. Where do I need to save data entered in at a user profile.

I would like to hook into the onSaveUser event with my plugin to save my values into the address model of Craft Commerce, but how would I do that?

An example would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The best approach is probably to use the onAfterElementSave hook available to custom fieldtypes. Here's what that could look like (the following method should go into your custom fieldtype class, e.g. myawesomeplugin/fieldtypes/MyAwesomePluginFieldType.php):

public function onAfterElementSave()
{
    $field = $this;
    $fieldId = $this->model->id;
    $fieldHandle = $this->model->handle;
    $element = $this->element; // This is the UserModel, in your case
    $fieldContent = $element->getContent()->getAttribute($fieldHandle); // This is the content for the field

    // Do something awesome with the data above
    ...

}