[Typo3-dev] Dynamic Plugin Configuration

[Christian Jul Jensen]

Thomas Murphy <murphy at thepanemgroup.com> writes:

> John Begley wrote:
> > Is the foreign_table setting just for tables within the Typo3 database?  if
> > I want values from another database will I have to use the itemsProcFunc?
> 
> with itemsProcFunc you cann fill your form element with anything you
> want (Something generated by your own code),so yes, this should be
> possible. Don't know if there are other ways to do it...

You could configure teh foreign table in TCA just for the purpose,
TYPO3 (3.6+) can handle access to different databases.

But itemsProcFunc is probably a quicker way.

> > When you say to play around with the quickstarter, do you mean features of
> > this Typo3 instance, or specific plugins i.e. in the FC Bigfeet pages?
> 
> I think he meant the "kickstarter" not the "quickstarter".

Exactly. Try to kickstart some stuff and look at the generated code.

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Julle