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title: "Using FAL"
manual: "TYPO3 Explained"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:using-fal@main"
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# Using FAL {#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](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:using-fal-in-the-frontend@main)
-   [TCA definition](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:tca-definition@main)
-   [The StorageRepository class](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:the-storagerepository-class@main)
-   [Working with files, folders and file references](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:working-with-files-folders-and-file-references@main)
-   [Working with collections](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:working-with-collections@main)
-   [Searching for files](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:searching-for-files@main)