README

What does it do?

With the TCA builder you have the possibility to create or change the fields in type list in an easy and speaking way.

Times of semicolons within field names are gone.

For example:

1. Compose the field list for the form of a content element or any other record
2. Change the types of existing definitions

Introducing TcaCreator in v1.6.0

With the TCA creator you have the possibility to create TCA forms from scratch and do not need to think about the configuration of the default fields like the ctrl section or the default fields in the columns section.

More to see in the Examples Section

Installation

Installation via composer

composer require spooner-web/tcabuilder

⚠️ In a composer install, the package won't be in typo3conf/ext folder but in vendor

Installation via classic mode

1. Head to https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/tcabuilder
2. Download the ZIP file
3. Upload it to your TYPO3 instance using non-composer mode

Installation via Extension Manager

1. Update your extension list
2. Search for "tcabuilder"
3. Install

Composer fails checking out this package

As composer is not able to detect the ZIP archive of a self-hosted GitLab instance, there may occur problems when deploying or building a project with this package.

To fix this issue, you need to add the GitLab built-in packagist API into the repositories section of your project composer.json:

{
	"type": "composer",
	"url": "https://git.spooner.io/api/v4/group/8/-/packages/composer/"
}

Usage

General usage

Recommendation is to use the TcaBuilder in the php files of your Configuration/TCA/Overrides/ folder of your extension.

1. Instantiate the TcaBuilder class
2. Set the table and type to configure (may also be a not existing type yet)
3. Use the methods to manipulate
4. Save to the TCA
5. Flush caches
6. See result

Methods

Main methods

Manipulating types

Manipulating palettes

Helper methods

Possible values for positioning fields, palettes or divs

Examples (TCA builder)

Add an own content element

$tcaBuilder = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance(\SpoonerWeb\TcaBuilder\TcaBuilder::class);
$tcaBuilder
    ->setTable('tt_content') // define table
    ->setType('test') // define type
    ->addDiv('General')
    ->addField('header', '', 'Top header!!')
    ->addField('bodytext')
    ->addField('subheader', 'after:header')
    ->addField('layout', 'before:header')
    ->addDiv('Extra')
    ->addPalette('access')
    ->addPalette('hidden', 'after:bodytext', 'Alternative label')
    ->saveToTca(); // save to TCA

Change existing configurations

$tcaBuilder = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance(\SpoonerWeb\TcaBuilder\TcaBuilder::class);
$tcaBuilder
    ->setTable('pages') // define table
    ->setType(\TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\Page\PageRepository::DOKTYPE_LINK) // define type
    ->load() // load definitions
    ->removeField('doktype')
    ->removePalette('external')
    ->removeDiv(1)
    ->addPalette('external', 'after:--palette--;;layout')
    ->saveToTca(); // save back to TCA

$tcaBuilder = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance(\SpoonerWeb\TcaBuilder\TcaBuilder::class);
$tcaBuilder
    ->loadConfiguration('pages', \TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\Page\PageRepository::DOKTYPE_MOUNTPOINT)
    ->removeDiv('LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:pages.tabs.metadata')
    ->movePalette('title', 'after:' . $tcaBuilder->getPaletteString('abstract'), 'New title')
    ->addOverride(
        'title',
        [
            'label' => 'New title',
            'config' => [
                'renderType' => 'inputLink'
            ]
        ]
    )
    ->saveToTca();

Use language file

$tcaBuilder = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance(\SpoonerWeb\TcaBuilder\TcaBuilder::class);
$tcaBuilder
    ->loadConfiguration('pages', \TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\Page\PageRepository::DOKTYPE_MOUNTPOINT)
    ->useLocalLangFile('EXT:my_extension/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf')
    ->addField('new_field', '', 'LANG:new_field') // Used label: "LLL:EXT:my_extension/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:new_field"
    ->saveToTca();

Do minimal changes

$tcaBuilder = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance(\SpoonerWeb\TcaBuilder\TcaBuilder::class);
$tcaBuilder
    ->loadConfiguration('tt_content', 'textmedia')
    ->removePalette('headers')
    ->saveToTca();

Examples (Tca Creator)

Creating TCA configuration for a new table (inside custom extension)

// Returns the default values of ctrl section
// By default language, version and sorting options are set
// These options can be unset and additional overridden fields can be set
$configuration['ctrl'] = \SpoonerWeb\TcaBuilder\TcaCreator::getControlConfiguration(
    'title',
    'label'    
);

// Returns the default columns depending on the ctrl section configuration
// Example: If ctrl section includes language, this method returns the field configuration
// for all language fields (sys_language_uid, l10n_parent, l10n_diffsource, l10n_source)
$configuration['columns'] = \SpoonerWeb\TcaBuilder\TcaCreator::getColumnsConfiguration(
    $configuration['ctrl'],
    'tx_extension_domain_model_record',
    [
        'title' => [
            'label' => 'My label',
            'config' => [
                'type' => 'input'
            ]
        ]
    ]
);

// Uses TcaBuilder class to create the configuration for the TCA form
$configuration['types'][] = \SpoonerWeb\TcaBuilder\TcaCreator::buildTypesConfiguration()
    ->addDiv('General')
    ->addField('title')
    ->addField('subtitle')
    ->addDiv('Categories')
    ->addField('categories')
    ->returnAsArray();
    
// Now return TCA configuration
return $configuration;