AfterPackageActivationEvent

New in version 10.3: The event was introduced to replace the Signal/Slot \TYPO3\CMS\Extensionmanager\Utility\InstallUtility::afterExtensionInstall.

The PSR-14 event \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Package\Event\AfterPackageActivationEvent is triggered after a package has been activated.

Attention

This event is dispatched when an extension is activated in the Extension Manager, therefore starting with TYPO3 v11 this event is only dispatched in legacy installations, not in Composer-based installations. Use installer events by Composer for Composer-based installations.

Example

Registration of the event listener in the extension's Services.yaml:

EXT:my_extension/Configuration/Services.yaml
services:
  # Place here the default dependency injection configuration

  MyVendor\MyExtension\Package\EventListener\MyEventListener:
    tags:
      - name: event.listener
        identifier: 'my-extension/extension-activated'

Read how to configure dependency injection in extensions.

An implementation of the event listener:

EXT:my_extension/Classes/Package/EventListener/MyEventListener.php
<?php

namespace MyVendor\MyExtension\Package\EventListener;

use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Package\Event\AfterPackageActivationEvent;

final class MyEventListener
{
    public function __invoke(AfterPackageActivationEvent $event)
    {
        if ($event->getPackageKey() === 'my_extension') {
            $this->executeInstall();
        }
    }

    private function executeInstall(): void
    {
        // do something
    }
}

API

class TYPO3\CMS\Core\Package\Event\AfterPackageActivationEvent

Event that is triggered after a package has been activated

getPackageKey()
Return type

string

getType()
Return type

string

getEmitter()
Return type

object