Hi Mark,

It's quite counter-intuitive but I figured it out. I will leave it here as a reference for others.

setFieldValue can be used to set complex data by passing an object or array to it. However in some cases doing this will cause the 'raw' field to fill incorrectly. Example as follows

$esuser = Foundry::user($uid);

$value->first = 'Jon';
$value->middle = 'Alexander';
$value->last = 'Doe;'
$value->name 'Jon Alexander Doe';

$esuser->setFieldValue( 'JOOMLA_FULLNAME' , $value )

Gives
Data : {first:'Jon',middle:'Alexander',last:'Doe',name:'Jon Alexander Doe'}
Raw: Jon Alexander DoeJon Alexander Doe

Which is obviously not good!

However the data and raw fields can be individually specified. In this case it no longer json encodes the array for you.

$esuser = Foundry::user($uid);

$value->first = 'Jon';
$value->middle = 'Alexander';
$value->last = 'Doe;'
$value->name 'Jon Alexander Doe';

$valueholder->data = json_encode($value);
$valueholder->raw = $value->name;

$esuser->setFieldValue( 'JOOMLA_FULLNAME' , $valueholder );

Will give correct output.


Support team, a little more time on the docs would save a lot of time in the forums!