[TYPO3-team-core-v5] TYPO3 v5 Routing

[Bastian Waidelich]

Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] wrote:

Hi Ernesto,

> Do we then have GET-parameters like:
> F3_TYPO3_CMS[controller]=page&F3_TYPO3_CMS[action]=show&F3_TYPO3_CMS[id]=33& 

Yes, probably.
At first I thought we could skip this step. But the array-syntax for GET 
parameters is very powerful. Besides it's the only way I can think of to 
get a namespace-like functionality into forms.
Nevertheless, I guess a set of default routes will be distributed with 
the TYPO3 package. Plugin sub routes could default to s.th. like 
"[controller]/[action]/key1/value1...".
Even an integration into FLOW3's argument management is thinkable. So 
you would add an argument to your  controller in the init function:
	$this->arguments->addNewArgument('myArg1');
	$this->arguments->addNewArgument('myArg2');
and *tada* a default sub route 
"myPlugin/[action]/myArg1/myVal1/myArg2/myVal2" is available.


> Also missing and interesting would be to know that the mechanism will 
> also work from the CLI and other ways of interacting with TYPO3 (SOAP, 
> etc). So that we could do stuff like e.g.

I might err, but for the CLI you probably don't need routing 
functionality as you're calling controller-actions directly.


>   php cli.php -controller=cache -action=clear -page=33

This works already (not the cache clearing, but the CLI command pattern):
php index.php myController myAction myParameters...

Clean SOAP URLs and RESTful web services would be possible with the 
concept. Based on dynamic parts in the URL or some request headers a 
context switch could take place. But that's science fiction for now ;)


> Is the concept written down somewhere as a whole, or is it still a 
> work-in-progress?

Right now it's just a bunch of abstract ideas. As soon as the whole 
concept is a bit more concrete, I'll write it down!


> I think many examples would ease the understanding of the concept, with 
> comparisions between now (realurl) and then (FLOW3). That would also 
> allow easily to recognize problems beforehand.

Yes, that's true. I'm already investigating URLs of professional 
websites to collect data for examples and tests.

Thanks for your input!
Bastian