[TYPO3-dev] override or extend TCA by TypoScript

[Peter Russ]

--- Original Nachricht ---
Absender:   Franz Holzinger
Datum:       20.12.2008 13:22:
> Hello,
> 
> I think that it is necessary to be able to override the $TCA from 
> tca.php or ext_tables.php by a user configurable TypoScript for a FE 
> extension using $TCA.
> 
> 'gender' => Array (
>     'exclude' => 0,
>     'label' => 
> 'LLL:EXT:sr_feuser_register/locallang_db.xml:fe_users.gender',
>     'config' => Array (
>         'type' => 'radio',
>         'items' => Array (
>          
> Array('LLL:EXT:sr_feuser_register/locallang_db.xml:fe_users.gender.I.0', 
> '0'),
>          
> Array('LLL:EXT:sr_feuser_register/locallang_db.xml:fe_users.gender.I.1', 
> '1'),
>          
> Array('LLL:EXT:sr_feuser_register/locallang_db.xml:fe_users.gender.I.99', 
> '99'),
>         ),
>     )
> ),
> 
> Which syntax should this use?
> 
> E.g.
> 
> plugin.tx_srfeuserregister_pi1.tca.fe_users {
>    column.gender.config.items {     
> LLL:EXT:sr_feuser_register/locallang_db.xml:fe_users.gender.I.0 = 0
>         LLL:EXT:sr_feuser_register/locallang_db.xml:fe_users.gender.I.1 = 1
>                 
> LLL:EXT:sr_feuser_register/locallang_db.xml:fe_users.gender.I.99 = 99
>     }
> }
> 
> Or maybe:
> 
> plugin.tx_srfeuserregister_pi1.tcaOverrideFile = 
> fileadmin/ext/sr_feuser_register/ext_tables_override.php
> 
> plugin.tx_srfeuserregister_pi1.tcaOverrideFile = 
> EXT:sr_feuser_register/ext_tables_override.php
> 
> Then this file could be included to override e.g. the allowed items for 
> the gender. In the future it shall be possible to not set the gender at 
> all, so set it to empty or the value 99, However some sites will not 
> want this. Therefore this must be made configurable somehow with 
> TypoScript. Maybe only the backend shall allow a not set gender, and 
> some registrations on the FE, too, but not all of them. Others might 
> want to have a gender 'Fräulein'.
> 
> 
> - Franz

Hmmm...
What's about TSconfig?
Don't like the "chaos" as Typoscript is IMHO for FE-rendering.
But just my 2 cent.

Peter.

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