[TYPO3-dev] Module paths in extensions

[Helmut Hummel]

On 14.02.11 20:38, Lorenz Ulrich wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
> TYPO3 standard behaviour is to modify the module paths when fetching an 
> extension from TER. If you decide to move an extension from 
> typo3conf/ext to typo3/ext, extensions with modules will stop working.
> 
> I know this is not a bug since you can re-install the extension directly 
> as a global extension. But after reading a request [1] to make the 
> module path dynamic for DAM, I'm interested in your opinion:
> 
> Is the standard behaviour still best practice or should it be improved?

I would say, that using the module dispatcher is the right way to go.
Then you do not need to mess around with static paths or BACK_PATH.

Kind regards,
Helmut

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