Deprecation: #108557 - TCA option allowedRecordTypes for Page Types 

Description 

The following methods of \TYPO3\CMS\Core\DataHandling\PageDoktypeRegistry have been marked as deprecated:

• PageDoktypeRegistry->add()
• PageDoktypeRegistry->addAllowedRecordTypes()
• PageDoktypeRegistry->doesDoktypeOnlyAllowSpecifiedRecordTypes()

Impact 

Calling any of the above mentioned methods will trigger a deprecation-level log entry and will result in a fatal PHP error in TYPO3 v15.0.

Affected installations 

All installations using the PageDoktypeRegistry to configure Page Types using the add() method. Or, in some rare cases, using the methods addAllowedRecordTypes() or doesDoktypeOnlyAllowSpecifiedRecordTypes.

Migration 

A new TCA option is introduced to configure allowed record types for pages:

Before:

$dokTypeRegistry = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(PageDoktypeRegistry::class);
$dokTypeRegistry->add(
    116,
    [
        'allowedTables' => '*',
    ],
);

After:

$GLOBALS['TCA']['pages']['types']['116']['allowedRecordTypes'] = ['*'];

The array can contain a list of table names or a single entry with an asterisk * to allow all types. If no second argument was provided to the add method, then the specific configuration can be omitted, as it will fall back to the default allowed records.

Also note that Page Types are registered through TCA types. The former usage of PageDoktypeRegistry was only useful to define allowed record types different to the default.

The option allowedRecordType is only evaluated within the "pages" table.