[TYPO3-core] RFC #9282: Allow subkeys for TypoScript "config." array

[Christian Kuhn]

Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> this is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Branches: trunk, possibly 4.2
> 
> Type: bug (some might call it a feature)
> 
> BT reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=9282
> 
> Problem:
> As this issue came up in the recent discussion about the simulate static 
> typo3, I wrote the supersimple patch for it.
> 
> The config. parts in TypoScript from the page-specific config. (e.g. 
> page.config...) and the generic config part are merged together when a 
> page is generated.
> 
> However, it is not possible to have subkeys in there:
> config.myoption = 1
> config.myoption.param1 = foo
> page.config.myoption.param2 = bar
> 
> In the core right now, param1 will be removed when it is merged and so 
> it's unaccessible. This is because the merge is not done in a recursive 
> way.
> 
> Solution:
> The attached patch fixes this issue and allows the above examples.
> 
> Notes:
> I don't plan on commiting this to 4.2 (as I only need it for 4.3 right 
> now), but if someone has a good use-case for it in 4.2, I wouldn't see a 
> problem in commiting the patch to 4.2 as well.

+1 on reading and testing.

If I unterstand tsref correctly at this point, config.admPanel already 
makes use of subkeys. page.config says it overwrites toplevel config. 
This does not work for admPanel properties. From this point of view we 
could also fix this bug(!) in 4.2.


Cheers
Christian