[TYPO3-english] confused with some example codes

[tom]

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for your explanation. It is very clear.

Tom

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Stefan Reichelt <eichelt at web.de> wrote:

> Hello Tom,
>
> 1. It is a name/key/ID for the library/file you put into includeLibs.
> Kinda like with an array.
> 2. inserData tells typoscript to replace the 'markers' (this probably the
> wrong name but
> anyway), like in your example the {field:uid}, with the data they...
> represent.
> 3. As far as I remember $content contains the content already created in
> the content object
> that is calling the function (in your example page.20) and $conf contains
> its typoscript setup.
>
> Kind regards,
> Stefan
>
>
>
> On 07/11/2012 15:00, tom wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Below info is from Modern Template Building, Part 1 (MTB/1). Although
>> there
>> is explanation for the code, but I still have some questions.
>>
>> *First, lets create a PHP-file in fileadmin/userfunctions.php:
>> <?php*
>>
>> *class user_functions {*
>>
>> * /**
>>    * Multiplies the current page ID with $conf["factor"]
>>    */
>>   function multiplyTest($content,$conf) {
>>    $currentPageUid = $GLOBALS['TSFE']->id;
>>    $factor = intval($conf['factor']);
>>
>>    return $currentPageUid * $factor;
>>   }
>> }
>> ?>*
>>
>> *Then lets configure a cObject of the type USER to call this function with
>> a single parameter, "factor":
>> # Default PAGE object:
>> page = PAGE
>> page.typeNum = 0
>> page.includeLibs.some_random_**id_string = fileadmin/userfunctions.php
>> page.config.admPanel = 1*
>> *# Content object outputting current page title:
>> page.10 = HTML
>> page.10.value = The page ID, {field:uid}, multiplied with 15 is:
>> page.10.value.insertData = 1
>> page.10.value.wrap = <b> |</b> <br />*
>> *page.20 = USER
>> page.20.userFunc = user_functions->multiplyTest
>> page.20.factor = 15*
>> **
>> My questions:
>> 1. page.includeLibs.some_random_**id_string = fileadmin/userfunctions.php
>> what is the meaning of .some_random_id_string? I changed it to
>> some_random,
>> it still works.
>> 2. page.10.value.insertData = 1
>> what is the meaning of .insertData? I read TypoScript Reference, but still
>> do not understand.
>> 3. what is the value of $content and $conf? is $content,$conf array or
>> object?  what are the values inside $content, $conf?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Tom
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