[TYPO3-templavoila] Datastructures in external Files

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

Jan Bednarik wrote:
> however, the source codes look like they could handle it. Look at this 
> piece of code:
> 
> $srcPointer = $row['tx_templavoila_ds'];
>         if (t3lib_div::testInt($srcPointer))    {    // If integer, then 
> its a record we will look up:
>             $DSrec = 
> $GLOBALS['TSFE']->sys_page->checkRecord('tx_templavoila_datastructure', 
> $srcPointer);
>             $DS = t3lib_div::xml2array($DSrec['dataprot']);
>         } else {    // Otherwise expect it to be a file:
>             $file = t3lib_div::getFileAbsFileName($srcPointer);
>             if ($file && @is_file($file))    {
>                 $DS = t3lib_div::xml2array(t3lib_div::getUrl($file));
>             }
>         }
> 
> the problem is, that TCA defines it as database-relation (select). So if 
> you'd make an extension that would change the field into "file" type, it 
> may just work.

This is reserved purely for static data structures (use in extensions). Page and FCE do not support it.

-- 
Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 Core team
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