[TYPO3] Customizing templates

[JoH asenau]

> But, while I like the most of  typo3, I feel it misses some
> simply features, like the possibility to generate an internal FE
> Variable,
> that could be used both for display and conditions.

You should read a bit more about registers then.
You can create/set a register using PHP and/or TypoScript and you can use it
for both display _and_ conditions:

10 = TEXT
10.dataWrap = <h3>{register:myRegister}</h3>

[globalVar = TSFE:register|myRegister>0]
    ### place your special TypoScript here ###
[global]

Here you should read the getText part:
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/references/doc_core_tsref/4.0.0/view/2/2/

LOAD_REGISTER:
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/references/doc_core_tsref/4.0.0/view/8/18/

RESTORE_REGISTER:
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/references/doc_core_tsref/4.0.0/view/8/19/

This is for conditions:
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/references/doc_core_tsref/4.0.0/view/4/1/

Should be enough for a start ;-)

Joey

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