Link¶

New in version 12.0: The TCA type link has been introduced. It replaces the renderType=inputLink option of TCA type input.

New in version 13.0: When using the link type, TYPO3 takes care of generating the according database field. A developer does not need to define this field in an extension's ext_tables.sql file.

The TCA type link should be used to input values representing typolinks.

Example¶

A simple link field:

'a_link_field' => [
    'label' => 'Link',
    'config' => [
        'type' => 'link',
        'allowedTypes' => ['page', 'url', 'record'],
    ]
]

Migration¶

The previously configured linkPopup field control is now integrated into the new TCA type directly. Additionally, instead of exclude lists (blindLink[Fields|Options]), does the new type now use include lists. Those lists are furthermore no longer comma separated, but PHP array's, with each option as a separate value.

The migration from renderType=inputLink to type=link is done like following:

// Before

'a_link_field' => [
    'label' => 'Link',
    'config' => [
        'type' => 'input',
        'renderType' => 'inputLink',
        'required' => true,
        'size' => 20,
        'max' => 1024,
        'eval' => 'trim,null',
        'fieldControl' => [
            'linkPopup' => [
                'disabled' => true,
                'options' => [
                    'title' => 'Browser title',
                    'allowedExtensions' => 'jpg,png',
                    'blindLinkFields' => 'class,target,title',
                    'blindLinkOptions' => 'mail,folder,file,telephone',
                ],
            ],
        ],
        'softref' => 'typolink',
    ],
],

// After

'a_link_field' => [
    'label' => 'Link',
    'config' => [
        'type' => 'link',
        'required' => true,
        'size' => 20,
        'nullable' => 'true',
        'allowedTypes' => ['page', 'url', 'record'],
        'appearance' => [
            'enableBrowser' => false,
            'browserTitle' => 'Browser title',
            'allowedFileExtensions' => ['jpg', 'png'],
            'allowedOptions' => ['params', 'rel'],
        ],
    ]
]

An automatic TCA migration is performed on the fly, migrating all occurrences to the new TCA type and triggering a PHP E_USER_DEPRECATED error where code adoption has to take place.

Note

The value of TCA type link columns is automatically trimmed before being stored in the database. Therefore, the eval=trim option is no longer needed and should be removed from the TCA configuration.

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