[Typo3] Custom Tag typoscript $content

[Joshua Preston]

Mark,

The functions that I use were written for a standalone PHP web 
application, I'm using Typo3 plugins to interface with them.  Basically 
my plugin pushes the post data to another php class unrelated to typo3.  
It's better than reinventing the wheel in my opinion!  So far I've been 
most impressed with the ease and simplicity of extension programming, 
for the basics of course ;-)   Most of my data can't be transferred from 
the MS SQL servers to MySQL, but honestly I prefer them anyhow, mainly 
because I don't want to worry about rewriting ~5000 stored procedures, 3 
intranets and an accounting system...  The only thing I'm going to have 
to rewrite is the user accounts to interface with our existing user 
structure (approx 1.5 million accounts), and that isn't going to be an 
easy task I'm sure.  It appears that Typo3 is bed fellows with MySQL...  
I think I'll end up writing some kind of MySQL to MS SQL service that 
reforms MySQL statements to MS SQL... or maybe I'll just figure 
something else out ;-)  Good thing I'm not on a deadline!

As far as avoiding writing a plugin, I advise against it.  It is 
actually a lot easier than first glance.

Good Luck!

Thanks

Joshua Preston

>
> Joshua,
>
> This is very helpful. I've been avoiding making a plugin--been through 
> different extensions thinking there must be one that allows one to 
> pass form inputs to php classes that would return data. Custom Tags is 
> very close. I guess I've read enough posts to know that what I need to 
> do is create a plugin. After all, the Kickstarter Wizard is very nice. 
> Please wish me luck and stay with me while I flounder through this.
>
> Naive
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