<p>Found a solution by inspecting the HTML for the entry edit form in the CP. This works:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input id="fields-website-type" name="fields[website][type]" value="url" type="hidden"&gt;
&lt;input id="fields-website-isCpFormData" name="fields[website][isCpFormData]" value="true" type="hidden"&gt;
&lt;input id="website" type="text" name="fields[website][url]"&gt;
</code></pre>

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<p>I'm editing an entry via an entry form as documented here:
<a href="https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/dev/examples/entry-form.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/dev/examples/entry-form.html</a></p>

<p>How would I be able to save a link field that's using <a href="https://github.com/sebastian-lenz/craft-linkfield" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/sebastian-lenz/craft-linkfield</a> ?</p>

<p>I tried this:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input id="website" type="text" name="fields[website]"&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>(where "website" is the handle of the link field) but that just throws a syntax error (in json_decode) at vendor/sebastianlenz/linkfield/src/fields/LinkField.php:112</p>

<p>It works fine for other  elements that use one of the built-in field types.</p>

<p>Is this even possible using the standard entries/save-entry endpoint? Or would I need to write a custom controller, and how so? </p>

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Saving a "craft-linkfield" field via an entry form
# Saving a "craft-linkfield" field via an entry form

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-01)

I'm editing an entry via an entry form as documented here:
https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/dev/examples/entry-form.html
How would I be able to save a link field that's using https://github.com/sebastian-lenz/craft-linkfield ?
I tried this:


(where "website" is the handle of the link field) but that just throws a syntax error (in json_decode) at vendor/sebastianlenz/linkfield/src/fields/LinkField.php:112
It works fine for other  elements that use one of the built-in field types.
Is this even possible using the standard entries/save-entry endpoint? Or would I need to write a custom controller, and how so?

**Tags:** craft3, custom-fieldtype, link


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-12-01. Score: 1

Found a solution by inspecting the HTML for the entry edit form in the CP. This works:


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