[TYPO3-mvc] ViewHelper returning an array - Ideas how to achieve it?

[Franz Koch]

Hey there,

I'm trying to create a viewHelper that's directly returning an 
array/object so that I f.e. could use it to create some select options 
for a select box using inlineSyntax. All works fine except the fact that 
at some point the return value of my viewHelper is converted to string.

I haven't tried using a widget for this yet, but I assume it's the same 
issue there. Any idea how to solve it? Didn't find any setting to 
prevent the conversion to string (didn't even find the exact place where 
it happens yet).

For now I use my viewHelper as wrapping tag and assign a 
templateVariable that can be used inside, but that's making things much 
more complex to read and also doesn't fit another demand on a second 
viewHelper I'm thinking of.

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kind regards,
Franz Koch