[TYPO3-mvc] ExtBase Ext without own tables, just using other tables (pages)

[Henjo Hoeksma]

Hi Stephen,

building extensions with falling back to existing ones is perfectly 
possible. Search the list for Single Table Inheritance.

In your case you seem to be missing the TS Setup that tells extbase 
where to find the repository.

However, you will face a different problem: Pages are no records 
connected to a storage pid. You will have to work around that too.

Not sure if it will result in a workable solution, but it's always 
worth trying.

Good luck,

Henjo

On 2011-10-21 20:43:55 +0000, Stephen Bungert said:

> Hello,
> 
> I want to make an extension that outputs information from the pages 
> table. It doesn't need it's own tables.
> 
> I have a view that works, but doesn't have anything to display at the moment.
> 
> I then setup the mapping for the pages table:
> 
> plugin.tx_nextprev {
>  view {
>   templateRootPath = {$plugin.tx_nextprev.view.templateRootPath}
>   partialRootPath = {$plugin.tx_nextprev.view.partialRootPath}
>   layoutRootPath = {$plugin.tx_nextprev.view.layoutRootPath}
>  }
> 
>  persistence {
>   storagePid = {$plugin.tx_nextprev.persistence.storagePid}
> 
>   classes {
>    Tx_Nextprev_Domain_Model_Pages {
>     mapping {
>      tableName = pages
>      recordType = Tx_Nextprev_Domain_Model_Pages
>      columns {
>       uid.mapOnProperty = id
>       title.mapOnProperty = title
>       doktype.mapOnProperty = type
>       hidden.mapOnProperty = hidden
>       deleted.mapOnProperty = deleted
>       nav_hide.mapOnProperty = notInMenu
>      }
>     }
>    }
>   }
>  }
> 
>  settings {
>   rootPage {
>    # Starting page (which page to collect page uids from)
>    uid = 3
> 
>    # Should the root page be included in the next/prev chain?
>    include = 0
>   }
> 
>   pages {
>    # Include shortcut pages
>    shortcut = 1
> 
>    # Include notInMenu pages
>    notInMenu = 1
> 
>    # Page UIDs to exclude
>    #excludedUids =
>   }
>  }
> }
> 
> 
> Here is my action function:
> 
> 
> 
>  /**
>   * action buttons
>   *
>   * @return void
>   */
>  public function buttonsAction() {
>   $pages = $this->buttonsRepository->findAll();
>   #t3lib_div::debug($pages, 1);
>   $this->view->assign('pages', $pages);
>   $this->view->assign('settings', $this->settings);
>  }
> 
> If I leave it as it is the page is generated and fluid shows a message, 
> like it should. No errors are displayed so i assume findAll() actually 
> found what it needs to.
> 
> If I uncomment the debug, the page timesout and is all white.
> 
> My PHP error log shows a bytes exhausted error in 
> C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\stephen\\typo3\\4.6\\t3lib\\utility\\class.t3lib_utility_debug.php 
> on line 154
> 
> I don't think that findAll is finding pages like I thought it would.
> 
> Other extbase extensions that I have played around making worked, but 
> they had their own tables.
> 
> How can I see what findAll is doing? Can I make an extension that 
> doesn't have it's own tables? I'm not sure if I have cretaed all the 
> required files, a lot of the view templates and controllers and things 
> I created myself based on other extbase extensions that I created as 
> the extension builder only seems to create these things when you create 
> tables.
> 
> Stephen.