[TYPO3-dev] Inconsistent naming of methods to fetch GET/POST vars all over T3

[Franz Koch]

Hi,
> On 05.02.2009 09:36 Franz Koch wrote:
>> for me it's quite confusing to find the correct syntax for retrieving
>> GET/POST values in various situations. For "gettext" values in TS you
>> need to use "GPvar:stuff" and for TS conditions it's just "GP" or
>> "_GET"/"_POST" (which are not documented) to retrieve a value from
>> $_GET/$_POST.
> 
> _GET / _POST in TS conditions? IMHO only GP does work here.

I can't remember the correct syntax, but it is somehow possible to 
directly check for a GET or a POST var and not use GP. Martin Kutschker 
wrote that one in this list.

>> Even more confusing is, that t3lib_div::GPvar is now deprecated in TYPO3
>> 4.3 and t3lib_div::_GP should be used, but the gettext syntax is still
>> "GPvar".
>>
> 
> Easy to fix. I added a bug with patch. See:
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=10357

Thanks.

> Could you please add some text for TSref getText to the bug comments? I
> do not have the time atm.

I'm also short of time atm.

>> How do you feel about that? Should this be cleaned up, aliases with
>> consistent naming be provided and old names be defined as deprecated?
>>
> 
> PHP throws a warning if things are deprecated, but TS?

I ment just declaring it as deprecated in TSref.


-- 
kind regards,
Franz Koch