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Includes

You can also add include-instructions in TypoScript code. Availability depends on the context, but it works with TypoScript templates, Page TSconfig and User TSconfig.

Alternative, traditional Syntax

A traditional include-instruction will work as well and for example looks like this:

<INCLUDE_TYPOSCRIPT: source="FILE:fileadmin/html/mainmenu_typoscript.txt">

• It must have its own line in the TypoScript template, otherwise it is not recognized.

• It is processed BEFORE any parsing of TypoScript (contrary to conditions) and therefore does not care about the nesting of confinements within the TypoScript code.

The "source" parameter points to the source of the included content. The string before the first ":" (in the example it is the word "FILE") will determine which source the content is coming from. These options are available:

Option	Description
FILE	A reference to a file relative to \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Core\Environment::getPublicPath(). Also paths relative to the including file can be passed to INCLUDE_TYPOSCRIPT, if the inclusion is called from inside a file. These paths start with ./ or ../. The ./ is needed to distinguish them from paths relative to \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Core\Environment::getPublicPath(). This mechanism allows simple, nested TypoScript templates that can be moved or copied without the need to adapt all includes. If you use a syntax like EXT:myext/directory/file.txt the file included will be searched for in the extension directory of extension "myext", subdirectory directory/file.txt.
DIR	This includes all files from a directory relative to \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Core\Environment::getPublicPath(), including subdirectories. If the optional property extensions="..." is provided, only files with these file extensions are included; multiple extensions are separated by comma. This allows e.g. to include both setup and constants from the same directory tree, using different file extensions for both. Files are included in alphabetical. Also files are included first, then directories. Example: <INCLUDE_TYPOSCRIPT: source="DIR:fileadmin/templates/" extensions="typoscript"> This includes all those files from the directory fileadmin/templates/ and from subdirectories, which have the file extension .typoscript.

Conditions

Since TYPO3 CMS 7, it is possible to use conditions on include directives. The conditions are the same as was presented in the previous chapter. The files or directories will be included only if the condition is met.

Example:

<INCLUDE_TYPOSCRIPT: source="FILE:EXT:my_extension/Configuration/TypoScript/user.typoscript" condition="[loginUser = *]">

Best practices

The option to filter by extension has been included exactly for the purpose of covering as many use cases as possible. In TYPO3 CMS we often have many different ways of configuring something, with pros and cons and the extended inclusion command serves this purpose of letting you organize your files with different directories using whichever extension fits your needs better (e.g., .typoscript) and/or filter by extension (e.g., because you may have .typoscript and .txt in the directory or because you prefer having .typoscript<something> as extension).

It is recommended to separate files with different directories:

• For TSconfig code use a directory called TSconfig/, possibly with subdirectories named Page/ for Page TSconfig and User/ for User TSconfig.

• For TypoScript template code, use a directory named TypoScript/.

However, we understand that filtering by extension could make sense in some situations and this is why there is this additional option.