[TYPO3-dev] TCE in FE

[Martin Kutschker]

Bernhard Kraft schrieb:
> Mathias Schreiber [wmdb >] schrieb:
>> Martin Kutschker schrieb:
>>> Bernhard Kraft schrieb:
>>>> *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.
>>> IMHO any of the "form handling" and "(user) registration" extension do
>>> a better job.
>> in terms of ... ?
>> just curious
> 
> Nice to read other people also still use this "relict" library. I hope
> this is what you meant Mathias?
> 
> I often tought it would need a few updates and get a little bit
> revamped. Like cObjects in more places, better handling of
> database-relation fields, etc. But it does what it should since quite a
> long time ;)

I used it only once for a project using TYPO3 3.5 and - sorry to say - I think it sucked. Just to
name a few problems: it doesn't distinct between validating a field and making it a required field -
just like TCA *grrrr* :( AFAIR you cannot update an upload field in a subsequent "edit view" of the
form.

Actually the shortcomings weren't so many. But it took me too many hoops to fix them. In the end the
code was so messy (and entangled with features I needed only for the site) I had no chance to
present my changes to the community. Though at this time there was no Core team. So I'd had to
bugger Kasper himself.

Masi