[TYPO3-mvc] Fluidtemplate and settings

[Thomas Skierlo]

Hello again,

I am currently trying to use the FLUIDTEMPLATE object for my page 
layout, which is working fine as long as I pass everything that might be 
needed later as variables. This is perfectly ok for any kind of content, 
which really is "variable". Besides that I need some data which is site 
specific, like $startUid, $searchUid, to use it in my templates or view 
helpers, like "do something on the start page only".

So I tried to pass them via TS setup and constants:

plugin.tx_portable_layout {

	view {

		templateRootPath = EXT:portable_layout/Resources/Private/Templates/

		partialRootPath = EXT:portable_layout/Resources/Private/Partials/

		layoutRootPath = EXT:portable_layout/Resources/Private/Layouts/

	}

	persistence {

		storagePid =

	}

	settings {

		rootUid = 1

		startUid = 2

		searchUid = 3

	}

}


I added this to my ext_tables.php:


t3lib_extMgm::addStaticFile($_EXTKEY,'Configuration/TypoScript', 'Portable Layout');


I expected to be able to access settings in my templates as 
{settings.rootUid}, but I can't. Template/Layout/Partials pathes are 
used from my setup/constants. How do I assign my settings to be 
available in the view? Do I need a basic controller (without any model) 
just to assign those settings?

Thanks for any help,

Thomas