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Deprecation: #63603 - FileController and FileListController overwriteExistingFiles changed to string value
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See :issue:`63603`

Description
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The GET/POST param to tell the FileController and FileListController whether to override a file or not switched from a bool
value to a string with the possibilities of the `\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\DuplicationBehavior` enumeration.


Impact
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Extensions still using `overwriteExistingFiles = 1` will throw a deprecation warning.


Affected Installations
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All installations with extensions that use the BE upload functionality and supply the file override option.


Migration
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Change the `<input name="overwriteExistingFiles" value="1">` to `<input name="overwriteExistingFiles" value="replace">`.


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