extbase: commandcontroller doesn’t show up in scheduler
My controller just wouldn’t show up in my extbase commandcontroller task menu and I couldn’t figure out why. Turns out these were my mistakes: the controller MUST be named CommandController. Mine was...
View ArticleSymfony2 and the Facebook php sdk 4
To work with the Facebook PHP SDK 4 in Symfony2, the first step is to add it to the composer. Edit the composer.json require and add this line: "facebook/php-sdk-v4" : "4.0.*", and then do an update...
View ArticleTypo3: manually login a frontend user (felogin) – with and without a cookie
On a typo3 page, the frontend-login was supposed to not only work via form but also via social-media (facebook and google plus). Thats why the users had to be manually logged in in the extbase...
View Articlegroup_by in formbuilder: creating optgroups in dropdown
I had 2 entities, “Category” and “DetailCategory”, with every DetailCategory having one Category. To make it easier in a form to select the right DetailCategory (which can have the same name in...
View Articlesettings empty -> include static template
The problem: in constants.txt and setup.txt of my new extbase extension I had defined a storagePid and wanted to access this in my controller. But for some reason $this->settings did not contain the...
View ArticleTypo3: variables, editable in backend
There is an easy way to define minor variables and make them editable in the typo3 backend. It can be done via extension settings. Just add in the constants.txt: # cat=plugin.tx_extensionname//a;...
View ArticleExtbase: handle images in model
If a model needs an image, it seems to be a good idea to do this via filereference. First, there is the definition of what we may call $image in our model: /** * image * * @var...
View ArticleTCA: visibility of fields dependant on select value
The problem: depending on the chosen value of a select ‘Type’, certain fields should be hidden or visible. If the selected value is “Type A” or “Type B”, the field “val” should be visible, if the...
View ArticleRealurl: define URL for RSS feed
I wanted to add an RSS feed page with certain information about new articles to an existing typo3 project with an active realurl extension. So I started by defining a new type with the number 888 in my...
View ArticleMagento admin: saving of an entity works only partially
Using this awesome tutorial I created a new admin menu item with my own entity. When trying to add fields to my entity, I encountered the following problem: new fields just weren’t saved. Even when I...
View Articleadding a field in typo3 backend with extbase
It’s a miracle! I googled a typo3 problem and actually found an answer that worked! I needed an additional field in tt_content, so first of all I added a new field called “tx_kurs_id” to the tt_content...
View ArticleExtbase Validator – Errormessages are duplicated
I wrote a validator for a contactform and the problem was that errors were displayed twice. The Controller has a showAction for showing the form: /** * @param Contactform $contactform */public function...
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Google Maps Api: map is grey only, buttons distorted
After inserting a map with google api (v3), the map wouldn’t show anything but grey and the buttons were weirdly distorted: Seems that bootstrap is the culprint, adding this to my stylesheet worked:...
View Articletypo3 and extbase: generate a frontendlink in a backend hook
Some basics first: my extension is called ophi_inserat and allows users to create ads in the frontend. The model is called “Ad” and is saved in tx_ophiinserat_domain_model_ad in my database. Those ads...
View Articletypo3 backend: show thumbnail in listview
I have a model with the field “image”, which is a simple VARCHAR with the image name. My extbase extension is called ophi_insta and the model is named entry. When I save the image, it is uploaded to...
View Articletypo3: scheduler task with additional fields
I know how to use extbase to create scheduler tasks. What I didn’t know is how to add additional fields to a task. Turns out it kinda works if you do not use an extbase task. Most of this I got from...
View ArticleArticle pages sometimes throw 404 error
A weird problem which I have encountered in two different magento installations (version 1.9.x.x): sometimes it happens that product pages are no longer available, instead a 404 error page is shown. In...
View ArticleTypo3 extbase: inject services
The problem: I create a ViewHelper, which calls a service (calcService) and in this service I want to use another service, named AuthenticationService. I got the following error message: Fatal error:...
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typo3 page view: manipulate the look of a content element
One of my customers wanted to see in the page view, which section_frame option they chose. So I found out there is a hook to manipulate the title and text below the grey bar. Add the following to the...
View ArticleTypo3: disable hidden when copying translation
That is stunningly easy with TypoScript, it’s even possible to prevent the prepend of “[Translate to english]” text on the headline: //for pagesTCEMAIN.table.pages { disablePrependAtCopy = 1 //the...
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