[TYPO3] IMAGE returns NULL

[Tyler Kraft]

Hi Korben...

Just one small question - Whats your real name?

  I only ask as we tend to like to talk to real people on this list and 
it almost seems like you've "borrowed" your name form the movie "The 
Fifth Element"

Tyler


Korben Dallas wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm new to typo and to this list, and I'm a bit confused...
> 
> I'm trying to output an image from an FE plugin's class (the extension
> was created using the kickstarter). As demonstrated in the nice video
> made by Kasper S. (fepi_05_rendering_the_image.wmv):
> 
>     01 $imgConf = $this->conf["myImageConf."];
>     02 $imgConf['file'] = "uploads/tx_myext/myimage.gif";
>     03 return $this->cObj->IMAGE($imgConf);
> 
> If I understand it correctly, [01] is optional, it just loads
> *additional* configuration and may be omitted. Is that so? (At least
> it looks like it in the video.)
> 
> However, [03] returns NULL. The "myimage.gif" file does exist, I tried
> both absolute and relative paths, and if I replace
> 
>     03 return $this->cObj->IMAGE($imgConf);
> 
> with
> 
>     03 return "blah blah blah";
> 
> this "blah blah blah" does appear in the frontend.
>     
> What am I doing wrong? Do I have to enable anything or something?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>  
> Cheers,
> Korben
>