Breaking: #65727 - Don't provide access to localPath of FAL files 

See forge#65727

Description 

It was possible to retrieve the local path of a FAL file via TypoScript

a = TEXT
a.value.data = file:current:localPath
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The localPath property has been dropped for the following reasons:

  • The implementation used allow write access to the file and hence created a local copy which created useless file garbage.
  • Changing this to read-only access would cause the LocalDriver to return the true local path to the file, which would open the possibility to file manipulation via "side channel" of FAL. This would make the FAL data inconsistent.

Impact 

Any TypoScript using this file-property will stop working.

Affected Installations 

Any installation with TypoScript using this file-property

Migration 

There is no other possibility to retrieve this information. Use the FAL API.