[TYPO3-mvc] Fluid templates options

[Krystian Szymukowicz]

W dniu 2013-03-05 15:49, janus wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Can an extbase extension use a different template file(s) than the
> one(s) defined in the extension typoscript. i.e be able to browse and
> select a file from within the plugin configuration form?
>


I do it like this.

1. In flexform of extension:

<settings.Default.default.templateFile>
   <TCEforms>
     <label>Template file (if empty the default will be choosen)</label>
       <config>
            <type>group</type>
            <internal_type>file</internal_type>
            <allowed>tpl,html</allowed>
            <max_size>500</max_size>
            <uploadfolder></uploadfolder>
            <minitems>0</minitems>
            <maxitems>1</maxitems>
            <size>1</size>
       </config>
    </TCEforms>
    </settings.Default.default.templateFile>

2. In controller or better some abstract controller

protected function initializeView(Tx_Extbase_MVC_View_ViewInterface $view) {
  // overwrite default template
  $controller = $this->request->getControllerName();
  $action = $this->request->getControllerActionName();
  if ($controller && $action) {
   if ($this->settings['Default']['default']['templateFile']) {
   // overwrite from flexform
   $templateFile = $this->settings['Default']['default']['templateFile'];
   } else {
    // overwrite from typoscript
   $templateFile = $this->settings[$controller][$action]['templateFile'];
   }

  if (file_exists(PATH_site . $templateFile) && $templateFile) {
     $this->view->setTemplatePathAndFilename(PATH_site . $templateFile);
   }

  }
}


Take a look that you can also overwrite it from the TS if you user 
special notation like:

settings {

	ControllerA {
            actionb {
                 templateFile = ....
               }
            }
          ControllerZ {
            actionx {
                 templateFile = ....
               }
            }
}


This all helps to keep settings chaos.


--
grtz
Krystian Szymukowicz