Conditions
TypoScript can contain if
and if / else
control structures. They
are called conditions
, their "body" is only considered if a condition criteria
evaluates to true. Examples of condition criteria are:
- Is a user logged in?
- Is it Monday?
- Is the page called in a certain language?
Conditions are a TypoScript syntax construct. They are thus available in both
frontend TypoScript and backend TSconfig. However, condition criteria are based
on prepared variables and functions, and those are different in frontend
TypoScript and backend TSconfig. For example, the frontend
variable does
not exist in TSconfig, it is (obviously) impossible to have a backend TSconfig
condition that checks for a logged in frontend user.
For a reference of allowed condition criteria, please refer to the according chapter in the frontend TypoScript Reference and the backend TSconfig Reference. These references come with examples for single condition criteria as well.
The TSconfig and TypoScript backend modules show lists of existing conditions and allow simulating criteria verdicts to analyze their impact on the resulting TypoScript tree.
Condition criteria are based on the Symfony expression language. The Core allows extending the Symfony expression language with own variables and functions, see symfony expression language API for more details.
Basic example
[date("j") == 9]
page.10.value = It is the 9th day of the month!
[ELSE]
page.10.value = It is NOT the 9th day of the month!
[END]
Syntax and rules
The general syntax is like this:
# Some TypoScript, always parsed
[condition criteria]
# Some TypoScript, only parsed if the condition criteria is met
[ELSE]
# Some TypoScript, only parsed if the condition criteria is *not* met
# [ELSE] is optional
[GLOBAL]
# ... some TypoScript, always parsed
These general rules apply:
- Conditions are encapsulated in
[
and]
[ELSE]
negates a previous condition criteria and can contain a new body until[END]
or[GLOBAL]
.[ELSE]
is considered if the condition criteria did not evaluate to true.[END]
and[GLOBAL]
stop a given condition scope. This is similar to a closing curly brace}
in programming languages like PHP.- Multiple condition criteria can be combined using
or
or|
, as well as| and
or&&
-
Single criteria can be negated using
!
Changed in version 12.0
[END]
and[GLOBAL]
behave exactly the same. Both are kept for historical reasons (for now). -
Conditions can use constants. They are available in frontend TypoScript "setup" and in TSconfig from "site settings". A simple example if this constant
my
is set:Page Uid = 42 [traverse(page, "uid") == {$myPageUid}] page.10.value = Page uid is 42 [end]
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Conditions can not be nested within code blocks.
Changed in version 12.0
Conditions can be nested into each other, if they are located in different snippets (files or records), see example below. They can not be nested within the same code snippet.
- A second condition that is not
[ELSE]
,[END]
or[GLOBAL]
stops a previous condition and starts a new one. This is the main reason conditions can not be nested within one text snippet. Changed in version 12.0
@import
and<INCLUDE_
can be nested inside conditions. This allows conditional includes and is a new feature of the TYPO3 v12 parser.TYPOSCRIPT: ... Changed in version 12.0
Conditions automatically stop at the end of a text snippet (file or record), even without
[END]
or[GLOBAL]
. Another snippet on the same level is in "global" scope automatically. The backend TypoScript and TSconfig modules may mumble about a not properly closed condition, though.New in version 12.1
Using the null-safe operator is possible when accessing properties on objects which might not be available in some context, for example
TSFE
in the backend:# Previously [getTSFE() && getTSFE().id == 123] # Now [getTSFE()?.id == 123]
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Examples
-
If a user is logged in, or if the client is local, text will be output in upper case:
page = PAGE page.10 = TEXT page.10.value = HELLO WORLD! [frontend.user.isLoggedIn || ip('127.0.0.1')] page.20 = TEXT page.20 { value = A frontend user is logged in, or the browser IP is 127.0.0.1 stdWrap.case = upper } [GLOBAL]
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In case
if
is empty and only aelse
body is needed for a single condition criteria, these two are identical:page = PAGE page.10 = TEXT page.10.value = You are logged in # This is hard to read [frontend.user.isLoggedIn] [ELSE] page.10.value = You are *not* logged in [END] # This is faster to read [!frontend.user.isLoggedIn] page.10.value = You are *not* logged in [END]
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Conditions can not be nested within curly braces. The example below is invalid syntax and the backend modules mumble with "missing braces":
# Invalid: Conditions must not be used within code blocks someIdentifier { someProperty = foo [frontend.user.isloggedIn] someProperty = bar [GLOBAL] }
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