.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt .. _feature-82809: ======================================================================================= Feature: #82809 - Make ExtensionUtility::registerPlugin method return plugin signature. ======================================================================================= See :issue:`82809` Description =========== The API method :php:`TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Utility\ExtensionUtility::registerPlugin()` is used to register an Extbase plugin. The method is called in the :file:`Configuration/TCA/Overrides/tt_content.php` file of an extension and often followed by the definition of a FlexForm. Such methods require the plugin signature to be provided. To support extension authors and to reduce coding errors, the :php:`registerPlugin()` method therefore now returns the generated plugin signature as :php:`string`. Example ^^^^^^^ .. code-block:: php $pluginSignature = ExtensionUtility::registerPlugin( 'indexed_search', 'Pi2', 'Testing' ); The above call returns the plugin signature: `indexedsearch_pi2`. This could then be used for, e.g., adding a FlexForm: .. code-block:: php ExtensionManagementUtility::addPiFlexFormValue( $pluginSignature, 'FILE:EXT:indexed_search/Configuration/FlexForms/Form.xml' ); Impact ====== The API method :php:`TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Utility\ExtensionUtility::registerPlugin()` now returns the plugin signature, which might be used to adjust TCA to further needs, e.g. enabling FlexForms. .. index:: PHP-API, ext:extbase