I'm in the process of creating my very first extension in Typo3 (version 4.5.22). I'm using Dmitry Dulepov's "TYPO3 Extension Development" book as a guide (a very useful reference). I used Kickstarter to get things going, and one of the things it generated was a $TCA that goes along with my own table in the database.
Now, my understanding is that the TCA determines what options appear in the backend for my plugin, under "Plugin Options," when you create a new "Insert Plugin" content item. The problem is, this section remains blank. When I choose my plugin, there are no options displayed.
I was able to build a Flexform and get it to show up under "Plugin Options," but an extremely important component of my plugin is the ability to use the "suggest" form to search for records, and from what I've read, it's not possible to get those to work properly using Flexforms.
Am I missing a simple function in ext_tables to get my TCA to show up in the "Plugin Options" section? Sorry if I'm completely off-base here; the sheer complexity of Typo3 has left me in a bit of a daze.
Here's my ext_tables.php, which was generated by Kickstarter:
<?php
if (!defined('TYPO3_MODE')) {
die ('Access denied.');
}
t3lib_extMgm::allowTableOnStandardPages('tx_newsbuilder_newsitems');
t3lib_extMgm::addToInsertRecords('tx_newsbuilder_newsitems');
$TCA['tx_newsbuilder_newsitems'] = array(
'ctrl' => array(
'title' => 'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tx_newsbuilder_newsitems',
'label' => 'uid',
'tstamp' => 'tstamp',
'crdate' => 'crdate',
'cruser_id' => 'cruser_id',
'default_sortby' => 'ORDER BY crdate',
'delete' => 'deleted',
'enablecolumns' => array(
'disabled' => 'hidden',
),
'dynamicConfigFile' => t3lib_extMgm::extPath($_EXTKEY) . 'tca.php',
'iconfile' => t3lib_extMgm::extRelPath($_EXTKEY) . 'icon_tx_newsbuilder_newsitems.gif',
),
);
t3lib_div::loadTCA('tt_content');
$TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist'][$_EXTKEY.'_pi1'] = 'layout,select_key';
t3lib_extMgm::addPlugin(array(
'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tt_content.list_type_pi1',
$_EXTKEY . '_pi1',
t3lib_extMgm::extRelPath($_EXTKEY) . 'ext_icon.gif'
),'list_type');
if (TYPO3_MODE === 'BE') {
$TBE_MODULES_EXT['xMOD_db_new_content_el']['addElClasses']['tx_newsbuilder_pi1_wizicon'] = t3lib_extMgm::extPath($_EXTKEY) . 'pi1/class.tx_newsbuilder_pi1_wizicon.php';
}
// Flexform
//$TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_addlist'] [$_EXTKEY . '_pi1'] = 'pi_flexform';
//t3lib_extMgm::addPiFlexFormValue($_EXTKEY . '_pi1', 'FILE:EXT:' . $_EXTKEY . '/pi1/flexform_ds.xml');
?>
Here, additionally, is my tca.php:
<?php
if (!defined('TYPO3_MODE')) {
die ('Access denied.');
}
$TCA['tx_newsbuilder_newsitems'] = array(
'ctrl' => $TCA['tx_newsbuilder_newsitems']['ctrl'],
'interface' => array(
'showRecordFieldList' => 'hidden,tt_news_uid,singleview_uid,fishback_uid,fishback_url,headline,subheading,link'
),
'feInterface' => $TCA['tx_newsbuilder_newsitems']['feInterface'],
'columns' => array(
'hidden' => array(
'exclude' => 1,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_general.xml:LGL.hidden',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'check',
'default' => '0'
)
),
'tt_news_uid' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tx_newsbuilder_newsitems.tt_news_uid',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'group',
'internal_type' => 'db',
'allowed' => 'NO_TABLE_NAME_AVAILABLE',
'size' => 1,
'minitems' => 0,
'maxitems' => 1,
)
),
'singleview_uid' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tx_newsbuilder_newsitems.singleview_uid',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'group',
'internal_type' => 'db',
'allowed' => 'tt_news',
'size' => 1,
'minitems' => 0,
'maxitems' => 1,
)
),
'fishback_uid' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tx_newsbuilder_newsitems.fishback_uid',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'group',
'internal_type' => 'db',
'allowed' => 'pages',
'size' => 1,
'minitems' => 0,
'maxitems' => 1,
)
),
'fishback_url' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tx_newsbuilder_newsitems.fishback_url',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'input',
'size' => '15',
'max' => '255',
'checkbox' => '',
'eval' => 'trim',
'wizards' => array(
'_PADDING' => 2,
'link' => array(
'type' => 'popup',
'title' => 'Link',
'icon' => 'link_popup.gif',
'script' => 'browse_links.php?mode=wizard',
'JSopenParams' => 'height=300,width=500,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1'
)
)
)
),
'headline' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tx_newsbuilder_newsitems.headline',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'text',
'cols' => '48',
'rows' => '1',
)
),
'subheading' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tx_newsbuilder_newsitems.subheading',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'text',
'cols' => '48',
'rows' => '1',
)
),
'link' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:newsbuilder/locallang_db.xml:tx_newsbuilder_newsitems.link',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'input',
'size' => '15',
'max' => '255',
'checkbox' => '',
'eval' => 'trim',
'wizards' => array(
'_PADDING' => 2,
'link' => array(
'type' => 'popup',
'title' => 'Link',
'icon' => 'link_popup.gif',
'script' => 'browse_links.php?mode=wizard',
'JSopenParams' => 'height=300,width=500,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1'
)
)
)
),
),
'types' => array(
'0' => array('showitem' => 'hidden;;1;;1-1-1, tt_news_uid, singleview_uid, fishback_uid, fishback_url, headline, subheading, link')
),
'palettes' => array(
'1' => array('showitem' => '')
)
);
?>