[CRAIG HALLER]

I guess I am going to push the limits of that great support … :)

I want to add a code number I have for each school and use that if I can in the Connections_Directory()->retrieve->entries call. I don’t want it typically seen so I thought of putting it in an IM set for unlisted.

I see it in a var_dump of an entry:

[“im”]=> string(165) “a:1:{i:0;a:7:{s:2:”id”;s:8:”12345678″;
s:4:”type”;s:3:”aim”;s:4:”name”;
s:3:”AIM”;s:10:”visibility”;
s:8:”unlisted”;s:5:”order”;i:0;s:9:”preferred”;b:0;s:3:”uid”;i:1;}}”

yet

$im =  $entry->getIm();

returns

array(0) { }

Is there a way I can do this? Other suggestions? Just need that code, 12345678 for example, to be not displayed but used to search for a specific entry. Should I be using a custom field?

Also, how do I access the textbox and checkboxes I added?

Thank you.