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Sunday, March 26, 2023 – TYPO3, table wizard, performance
TYPO3 table wizard limitations in TYPO3 11.5+
I recently updated a TYPO3 website for one of my clients from TYPO3 10.4 to 11.5. The whole update went prettysmooth and the client was happy with the new version except one thing. The table wizard in TYPO3 11.5 (TCA renderType='textTable') was causing some problems, as it now was always rendered.The table wizard is really helpful if you want…
Saturday, December 31, 2022 – TYPO3, extension
TYPO3 12 not working after extension install
While making some of my extensions compatible to TYPO3 v12, I stumbled across the problem, that the wholeTYPO3 website did not work anymore (frontend/backend) after the extension has been installed. Obviously therewas no error message in the logs available, and it took me some time to figure out, why the website was not working.With TYPO3 11.5,…
Sunday, October 09, 2022 – TYPO3, plugin, extbase, configurePlugin
Problem with all extbase plugins during TYPO3 11.5 update
In a TYPO3 project, where I was updating the website from TYPO3 10.4 to version 11.5, I suddenly faced the situation,that all extbase plugins did not work anymore. The following error message was displayed (example for TYPO3 ext:news):The default controller for extension "News" and plugin "Pi1" can not be determined.Please check for…
Saturday, July 16, 2022 – form, spam, typo3, ext:form
Restricting automated spam submissions in web forms
TD;DR - Use JavaScript to calculate the value of a hidden field which is evaluated on formsubmission. See exampleIt can be frustrating when spambots automatically submit forms on a website you run. Many years ago, when websites usedto have guestbooks, the spambots usually added new guestbook entries containing links in order to create a huge…
Thursday, June 23, 2022 – TYPO3, FluidEmail, StandaloneView, CLI, Symfony Console
Using TYPO3 FluidEmail in CLI context
Since TYPO3 10.4 it is possible to use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Mail\FluidEmail to send emails with body content renderedby Fluid. This all works fine as long as you work in frontend or backend context, but when you use FluidEmail in CLIcontext (e.g. in a symfony console command), you will run into some problems. Since no real server request object…
Friday, January 21, 2022 – multiple, TYPO3, smtp
How to use multiple SMTP accounts in one TYPO3 installation
When TYPO3 is used to serve multiple websites in one installation, it may sometimes be required to configure multiple SMTP accounts in order to send emails from TYPO3 (e.g. mailforms or notifications) to different recipients. This may especially be important, when the recipient mailserver has a strict spam filter or when the domain uses a SPF,…
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 – userfunc, TYPO3, typolink
TYPO3 - Multiple dynamic parameters for a typolink using a custom userFunc
I often use the TYPO3 linkHandler to enable the possibility for editors to create direct links to records from withinthe CKEditor in TYPO3 backend. This isall well documentedand easy to configure using the RecordLinkHandler, as long as the resulting link only contains one dynamic parameter.But sometimes it may be required to have multiple…
Wednesday, December 29, 2021 – import, crop variant, TYPO3, sys_file_reference
How to manually create the default crop variant string for an imported image in TYPO3 CMS
When data in TYPO3 is created automatically (e.g. through a custom API or by an import script), it is very common, that also new files (especially images) are imported. TYPO3 has the well documented FAL (File Abstraction Layer), which provides an API for common tasks.One typical task is to import an image to FAL and next creating a file…
Sunday, October 17, 2021 – sf_event_mgt, TYPO3 11.5
TYPO3 extension "Event management and registration" version 6.0 for TYPO3 11.5 LTS released
I am really proud and happy to announce, that the new version 6.0. of my TYPO3 extension “Event management andregistration” (GitHub/ TYPO3 Extension Repository) is now fully compatible with TYPO3 11.5 LTS including support for PHP 7.4 and 8.0.Originally I wanted to release this version of the extension on the same day as TYPO3 11.5 LTS got…
Sunday, August 15, 2021 – TYPO3, rector
"Unterminated nested statement!" using TYPO3 rector
TYPO3 rector is a really helpful application when it comes to TYPO3major updates. It helps you to identify and refactor TYPO3 deprecations in custom extensions and can save hours ofmanual refactoring. I use TYPO3 rector quite a lot and stumbled across the following error recently.This message is not really helpful, so I digged deeper into the…
Friday, June 04, 2021 – extend controller, symfony dependency injection, xclass, Extbase, TYPO3
How to use constructor dependency injection in a XCLASSed TYPO3 class
Some time ago in needed to extend an Extbase controller in TYPO3 10.4 which used dependency injection throughconstructor injection. So I used XCLASS to extend the original controller and added an own constructor which added anadditional dependency, but this obviously did not work out properly, since the constructor was always called with…
Monday, March 22, 2021 – switchableControllerAction, #89463, TYPO3 11, migrate
How to migrate switchableControllerActions in a TYPO3 Extbase extension to single plugins
TL;DR - I created this TYPO3 update wizardwhich migrates plugins and Extbase plugin settings for each former switchable controller actions configuration entry.Since switchableControllerActions in Extbase plugins havebeen deprecatedin TYPO3 10.4 and will be removed in either TYPO3 11 but most likely 12, I decided to remove…