Using FAL

This chapter explains the principles on how to use FAL in various contexts, like the frontend or during extension or TYPO3 Core development, by the way of references or useful examples for common use cases.

• Using FAL in the frontend
  • TypoScript
  • Fluid
    • The ImageViewHelper
    • Get file properties
    • FLUIDTEMPLATE
• TCA definition
  • Migration from ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig
• The StorageRepository class
  • Getting the default storage
  • Getting any storage
• Working with files, folders and file references
  • Getting a file
    • By uid
    • By its combined identifier
    • By filename from its folder
    • By its filename from the folder object
  • Copying a file
  • Deleting a file
  • Adding a file
  • Creating a file reference
    • In backend context
    • In frontend context
  • Getting referenced files
  • Get files in a folder
  • Dumping a file via eID script
• Working with collections
• Searching for files
  • Searching for files in a folder
  • Searching for files in a storage
  • Add additional restrictions
  • API
  • Performance optimization in a custom driver