[TYPO3-dev] TCE in FE

[Bernhard Kraft]

Dan Osipov schrieb:
> I'm wondering if anyone ever looked at utilizing TCE in the front end? I
> would like to have FE users create records, that would benefit from TCE
> hooks.

Hello!

There are two approaches utilizing "tcemain" - and another one which is
also quite common for TYPO3.

*1*
Create an instance of the normal t3lib_tcemain class, and initialize a
temporary BE-user class "t3lib_beuserauth". If you want to know how this
is done, have a look at my (obsolete) extension kb_shop in method:
pi1/class.tx_kbshop_pi1.php:loadTable (search for "tempBE_USER"). In
method "loadTable" the faked BE_USER record gets initialized.

Search for other occurences of "BE_USER" to get a glimpse how it is used
in interaction with "t3lib_TCEforms"


*2*
There is a class:
typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_fetce.php (tslib_feTCE)

I did not use it until now - but this should be what you want ;)


*3*
Both previous methods, require you to write additional PHP code. The
other solution would be to user "fe_userAdmin". This is an old
library/script written by Kasper. But I use it since I work with TYPO3
(2003) to create "fe_user", "tt_address" and any other kind of records
created by users.

The documentation is here:
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/core-documentation/doc_core_tsref/4.2.1/view/1/11/#id4592033

Have a look at the templates of the extensions "feuser_admin" or
"direct_mail_subscription". Of course these are just examples of
creating "fe_user" or "tt_address" records.

In your cause you would most probably change the TypoScript parameter
"table" of the plugin to match the name of your table.

BTW: If you ever wondered what the "TCA['tablename']['feInterface']"
value in TCA is for: It lists the fields which are allowed to get
modified from within the FE.



Does that answer your question?


greets,
Bernhard