[TYPO3-mvc] extbase way of accessing folder based file collection

[Frans Saris]

Op 23 jun. 2013 06:35 schreef "Domi" <djgarms at gmail.com> het volgende:
>
> Hi Frans
>
>>
>> /**
>>          * @param $uid collection uid from flexform
>>          *
>>          * @return array|void
>>          */
>>         protected function getFileCollectionItems($uid) {
>>                 /** @var $fileCollection
>> \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\**Collection\**AbstractFileCollection */
>>                 $fileCollection =
$this->fileCollectionRepository->findByUid($uid);
>>                 $fileCollection->loadContents();
>>                 $items = $fileCollection->getItems();
>>
>>                 foreach ($items as $item) {
>>                         /** @var FileReference $item */
>>                         $files[] = $item->toArray();
>>                 }
>>
>>                 return $files;
>>         }
>>
> I did this and it works!
>
>
>
>> so this will  not work:
>>
>>         $fileCollection->loadContents();
>>         $items = $fileCollection->getItems();
>>
>>         return $fileCollection->loadContents();
>
>
> This doesn't work for the FolderBasedFileCollection. I tried all options
but items always remain empty.
>
> Any ideas why it's not working?
> Thanks,
> Dominic

Try this:
    $fileCollection->loadContents();
    return $fileCollection->getItems();

First load content and then get items.

Gr. Frans