Yes that's correct, I have a few field types that I would like to work on.
The first (and most simple) being a url field type, as I've long thought this would be good to have, but I wasn't able to see anywhere in the docs about validating field types. In this instance, I just need to make sure that it's a fully qualified link. I'll be adding some js validation in there but would good to do this server side too.
Yes! Use a validation helper
https://docs.grabaperch.com/api/validators/
My understanding was that these were for public facing forms, not custom fields types in the control panel?
Oh sorry, so by custom field do you mean custom field type? If so, hmm, I'm not sure.
What's the scenario you're trying to solve?
Yes that's correct, I have a few field types that I would like to work on.
The first (and most simple) being a url field type, as I've long thought this would be good to have, but I wasn't able to see anywhere in the docs about validating field types. In this instance, I just need to make sure that it's a fully qualified link. I'll be adding some js validation in there but would good to do this server side too.