Data / getText

The getText data type is some kind of tool box allowing to retrieve values from a variety of sources, for example from GET/POST variables, from registers, values from the page tree, items in the page menus, records from any database table, etc.

The general syntax is as follows:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = <key> : <code>

where <key> indicates the source and <code> is some form of path or pointer to the value, which depends on the key used. The various keys and their possible codes are described below.

The code can contain pipe characters | to separate keys in a multidimensional array. This, for example, works with TSFE:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = TSFE : fe_user | user | username

Some codes work with a different separator, which is documented right at the code. Spaces around the colon (:) are irrelevant. The key is case-insensitive.

By separating the value of getText with // (double slash) a number of codes can be supplied and getText will return the first one, which is not empty ("" or zero).

To get the content of the field "header". If "header is empty, "title" is retrieved. If "title" is empty as well, it finally gets the field "uid":

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = field : header // field : title // field : uid

Properties

applicationcontext

New in version 13.0

applicationcontext: Returns the current application context as string.

Example: Evaluate the current application context

Evaluate if the current application context is "Production":

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

if {
    value.data = applicationcontext
    equals = Production
}

asset

asset: New in version 13.2

Local resources can be cache-busted. It is not necessary anymore to rename the asset when it is exchanged, forcing browsers to relod the file.

The getText asset function includes assets like images, CSS or JavaScript in a cache-busted way.

Depending on $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['FE']['versionNumberInFilename'] the cache buster is applied as query string or embedded in the filename.

The result is the same like using argument useCacheBusting="true" in Uri.resource ViewHelper <f:uri.resource>.

Example: Display extension icon with cache buster

EXT:my_extension/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

page.20 = TEXT
page.20 {
    value.stdWrap.data = asset: EXT:core/Resources/Public/Icons/Extension.svg
}

cObj

cObj: For CONTENT and RECORDS cObjects that are returned by a select query, this returns the row number (1,2,3,...) of the current cObject record.

parentRecordNumber is the only key available.

Example: Get the number of the current cObject record

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = cObj : parentRecordNumber

context

context

Access values from context API (see). If a property is an array, it is converted into a comma-separated list.

Syntax:

TypoScript Syntax

lib.foo.data = context:<aspectName>:<propertyName>

Example: Retrieve current workspace ID

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

page.10 = TEXT
page.10.data = context:workspace:id
page.10.wrap = You are in workspace: |

current

current: current (gets the "current" value)

Example: Get the current value

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = current

date

date

Default: d/m Y

Can be used with a colon and date-conf.

Example: Get the current time formatted dd-mm-yy

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = date : d-m-y

DB

DB

Syntax: DB : [table name] : [uid] : [field]

Value from database. Any record from a table in TCA can be selected here. Records marked as deleted will not return any value.

In contrast to other keys, colons are used here to get deeper into the structure, instead of pipes.

Example: Get a header field value of a record

Get the value of the header field of record with uid 234 from table tt_content:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = DB : tt_content:234:header

Get the value of the header field of a record, whose uid is stored in a GET parameter myContentId:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data.dataWrap = DB : tt_content:{GP : myContentId}:header

Note

It is safe to directly use a client-/user-provided input for the id of a DB record here. The function ContentObjectRenderer->getData() internally calls the function PageRepository->getRawRecord(), which converts the parameter to int via QueryBuilder->createNamedParameter()

debug

debug: Returns HTML-formatted content of the PHP variable defined by the keyword. Available keywords are rootLine, fullRootLine, data, register and page.

Example: Debug the current root-line

Outputs the current root-line visually in HTML:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = debug : rootLine

field

field

Syntax: field : [field name from the current $cObj->data array in the cObject, multi-dimensional.]

This gives read access to the current value of an internal global variable determined by the given key.

As default the $cObj->data array is $GLOBALS['TSFE']->page (record of the current page)
In TMENU $cObj->data is set in a loop to the page-record for each menu item during its rendering process.
In CONTENT / RECORDS $cObj->data is set to the actual record
In GIFBUILDER $cObj->data is set to the data GIFBUILDER is supplied with.

Example: Get header data

Get content from $cObj->data['header']:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = field : header

Example: Get data of a field

Get content from $cObj->data['fieldname']['level1']['level2']:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = field : fieldname | level1 | level2

file

file

Syntax: file : [uid] : [property]

Retrieves a property from a file object (FAL) by identifying it through its sys_file UID. Note that during execution of the FILES cObject, it is also possible to reference the current file with current as UID like file : current : size.

The following properties are available: name, uid, originalUid, size, sha1, extension, mimetype, contents, publicUrl, modification_date, creation_date

Furthermore when manipulating references (such as images in content elements or media in pages), additional properties are available (not all are available all the time, it depends on the setup of references of the FILES cObject): title, description, link, alternative.

Additionally, any data in the sys_file_metadata table can be accessed too.

See the FILES cObject for usage examples.

Example: Get the size of a file

Get the file size of the file with the sys_file UID 17:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = file : 17 : size

flexform

flexform

Syntax: flexform : [field containing flexform data].[property of this flexform]

Access values from FlexForms, for example inside of tt_content record. In contrast to most parts, deeper levels are accessed through dots, not pipes.

Example: Get a FlexForm value

Return the FlexForm value of given name:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = flexform : pi_flexform:settings.categories

fullRootLine

fullRootLine

Syntax: fullRootLine : [pointer, integer], [field name], ["slide"]

This property can be used to retrieve values from "above" the current page's root. Take the below page tree and assume that we are on the page "Here you are!". Using the levelfield property, it is possible to go up only to the page "Site root", because it is the root of a new (sub-)site. With fullRootLine it is possible to go all the way up to page tree root. The numbers between square brackets indicate to which page each value of pointer would point to:

- Page tree root [-2]
  |- 1. page before [-1]
    |- Site root (root template here!) [0]
      |- Here you are! [1]

A "slide" parameter can be added just as for the levelfield property.

Example: Get the title of the previous page

Get the title of the page right before the start of the current website:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = fullRootLine : -1, title

getenv

getenv: Value from PHP environment variables.

For a cached variation of this feature, please refer to getEnv.

Example: Get the HTTP referer

Get the environment variable HTTP_REFERER:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = getenv : HTTP_REFERER

getIndpEnv

getIndpEnv

Syntax: getIndpEnv : <name>

Returns the value of a System Environment Variable denoted by name regardless of server OS, CGI/MODULE version etc. The result is identical to the $_SERVER variable in most cases. This method should be used instead of getEnv to get reliable values for all situations. The internal processing is handled by TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::getIndpEnv()

Available names:

Name	Definition	Example or result
_ARRAY	Return an array with all available key-value pairs for debugging purposes
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE	language(s) accepted by client
HTTP_HOST	[host][:[port]]	`example.org:8080`
HTTP_REFERER	[scheme]://[host][:[port]][path]	`https://example.org:8080/typo3/32/temp/phpcheck/index.php/arg1/arg2/arg3/?arg1,arg2,arg3&p1=parameter1&p2[key]=value`
HTTP_USER_AGENT	client user agent
PATH_INFO	[path_info]	`/arg1/arg2/arg3/`
QUERY_STRING	[query]	`arg1,arg2,arg3&p1=parameter1&p2[key]=value`
REMOTE_ADDR	client IP
REMOTE_HOST	client host
REQUEST_URI	[path]?[query]	`/typo3/32/temp/phpcheck/index.php/arg1/arg2/arg3/?arg1,arg2,arg3&p1=parameter1&p2[key]=value`
SCRIPT_FILENAME	absolute filename of script
SCRIPT_NAME	[path_script]	`/typo3/32/temp/phpcheck/[index.php]`
TYPO3_DOCUMENT_ROOT	absolute path of root of documents
TYPO3_HOST_ONLY	[host]	`example.org`
TYPO3_PORT	[port]	`8080`
TYPO3_REQUEST_DIR	[scheme]://[host][:[port]][path_dir]
TYPO3_REQUEST_HOST	[scheme]://[host][:[port]]
TYPO3_REQUEST_SCRIPT	[scheme]://[host][:[port]][path_script]
TYPO3_REQUEST_URL	[scheme]://[host][:[port]][path]?[query]
TYPO3_REV_PROXY	TRUE if this session runs over a well known proxy
TYPO3_SITE_SCRIPT	[script / Speaking URL] of the TYPO3 website
TYPO3_SITE_URL	[scheme]://[host][:[port]][path_dir] of the TYPO3 website frontend
TYPO3_SSL	TRUE if this session uses SSL/TLS (https)

Example: Get the remote address

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

# get and output the client IP
page = PAGE
page.10 = TEXT
page.10.stdWrap.data = getIndpEnv : REMOTE_ADDR
page.10.stdWrap.htmlSpecialChars = 1

global

global

Syntax: global : [variable]

Deprecated, use GP, TSFE or getenv.

GP

GP

Syntax: GP : [Value from GET or POST method]

Get a variable from $_GET or $_POST where a variable, which exists in both arrays, is returned from $_POST.

Example: Get the input value from query string

Get input value from query string &stuff=...

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = GP : stuff

Get input value from query string &stuff[bar]=...

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = GP : stuff | bar

level

level: Get the root line level of the current page.

Example: Get the root line level of the current page

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = level

levelfield

levelfield

Syntax: levelfield : [pointer, integer], [field name], ["slide"]

Like leveltitle but the field do be fetched from the record is configurable.

Example: Get a field from a page up in the root-line

Get the value of the user-defined field tx_myextension_myfield in the root line.

EXT:my_extension/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = levelfield : -1, tx_myextension_myfield, slide

Changed in version 13.2

Until TYPO3 v13 it was required to do additional configuration in $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['FE']['addRootLineFields'] to use custom fields.

To stay compatible with both TYPO3 v12 and v13, add the following to your extensions ext_localconf.php:

EXT:my_extension/ext_localconf.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Information\Typo3Version;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;

defined('TYPO3') or die();

$versionInformation = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(Typo3Version::class);
// TODO: Remove when dropping TYPO3 v12 support
if ($versionInformation->getMajorVersion() < 13) {
    $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['FE']['addRootLineFields'] .= ',tx_myextension_myfield';
}

levelmedia

levelmedia

Syntax: levelmedia : [pointer, integer], ["slide"]

Get the media field of a page in the root-line.

Use an absolute level with 0 or a positive integer.
With a negative integer got x levels up
The slide parameter slides until there is a non-empty value found.

leveltitle

leveltitle

Syntax: leveltitle : [pointer, integer], ["slide"]

Get the title of a page in the root-line.

Use an absolute level with 0 or a positive integer.
With a negative integer got x levels up
The slide parameter slides until there is a non-empty value found.

Example: Get the title of a page up in the root line

Get the title of the page on the first level of the root line:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = leveltitle : 1

Get the title of the page on the level right below the current page AND if that is not present, walk to the bottom of the root line until there's a title:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = leveltitle : -2, slide

leveluid

leveluid

Syntax: leveluid : [pointer, integer]

Get the UID of a page in the root line.

Use an absolute level with 0 or a positive integer.
With a negative integer got x levels up

Example: Get the ID of the root page of the page tree

Get the ID of the root page of the website (level zero):

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = leveluid : 0

LLL

LLL

Syntax: LLL: [fileref]:[labelkey]

Reference to a locallang label (XLIFF). Reference consists of [fileref]:[labelkey]

Example: Get a localized label

Get the localized label for the logout button:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = LLL : EXT:felogin/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:logout

page

page

Syntax: page: [field in the current page record]

Get the specified field from the current page

Example: Get the current page title

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = page : title

pagelayout

pagelayout: Get the current backend layout

Example: Get the current backend layout

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = pagelayout

parameters

parameters

Syntax: parameters: [field name from the current $cObj->parameters array in the cObject.]

Get the content of a key in parameters array of the current cObject.

Example: Get the parameter `color`

Get content from $cObj->parameters['color']:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = parameters : color

path

path: Path to a file, possibly placed in an extension, returns empty if the file does not exist.

Example: Resolve the path to a file

Get path to file rsaauth.js (inside extension rsaauth) relative to siteroot:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = path : EXT:rsaauth/resources/rsaauth.js

It can also be helpful in combination with the stdWrap function insertData:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

page.headerData.10 = TEXT
page.headerData.10 {
    data = path : EXT:site/Resources/Public/Images/logo.png
    wrap = <a href="|">
}

register

register

Syntax: register: [field name from the $GLOBALS['TSFE']->register ]

See LOAD_REGISTER.

Example: Get the content of a register

Get content from the register:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = register : color

request

New in version 12.4

request

Syntax: request : [attribute] | [property] ( | [subproperty] | ... )

Retrieve the property of a PSR-7 request attribute.

Note that only scalar properties can be retrieved: int, float, string or bool as value. If the property is an object or an array, a subproperty can be given which then calls the getter method of the object or retrieves the key of the array.

Example: Get the page type

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = request : routing | pageType

Example: Get a query argument

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

# Retrieve the value of the query parameter ?myParam=<value>
lib.foo.data = request : routing | queryArguments | myParam

# Retrieve the value of the query parameter ?tx_myext[key]=<value>
lib.foo.data = request : routing | queryArguments | tx_myext | key

Example: Get the nonce

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = request : nonce | value

session

session

Syntax: session : [key]

The key refers to the session key used to store the value.

Example: Get a value stored in the current session

Get the number of items of a stored shopping cart array/object:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = session : shop_cart | itemCount

site

site

Syntax: site : [key]

Accessing the current site configuration.

Possible keys:

attributes: Additional parameters configured for this site.
base: The base URL for this site.
baseVariants: The base variants for this site.
rootPageId: The root page ID of this site.
identifier: The identifier (name) of this site configuration.
websiteTitle: The website title of this site.

Example: Get values from the current site

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

page.10 = TEXT
page.10.data = site:base
page.10.wrap = This is your base URL: |

Where site is the keyword for accessing an aspect, and the following parts are the configuration key(s) to access.

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

page.10 = TEXT
page.10.data = site:customConfigKey.nested.value

siteLanguage

siteLanguage

Syntax: siteLanguage : [key]

Accessing the current site language configuration.

Possible keys:

attributes

Additional parameters configured for this site language.

base

The base URL for this language.

flagIdentifier

The flag key (like gb or fr) used in the TYPO3 backend.

New in version 12.4

You can also use flag to match the corresponding site configuration setting.

hreflang

The language tag for this language defined by RFC 1766 / 3066 for hreflang attributes.

This option is not relevant for regular websites without rendering hreflang tag.

languageId

The language mapped to the ID of the site language.

locale

Changed in version 12.3

The locale property in typoscript can be subdivided into more specific details using subkeys separated by a colon :. The subkeys languageCode, countryCode, and full allow access to the individual components of the locale value. For instance, a locale value of "en_US.UTF-8" can be broken down into "en", "US", and for the full subkey, "en-US".

languageCode: this contains the two-letter language code (previously siteLanguage:twoLetterIsoCode)
countryCode: contains the uppercase country code part of the locale
full: contains the entire locale (also the default if no subkey is specified)

The locale property represents the language, country, and character encoding settings for TYPO3. It is a composite value, such as "en_US.UTF-8", which can be dissected into different components via subkeys for more precise language and location specifications.

navigationTitle

The label to be used within language menus.

title

The label to be used within TYPO3 to identify the language.

typo3Language

The prefix for TYPO3's language files (default for English), otherwise one of TYPO3's internal language keys. Previously configured via TypoScript config.language = fr.

websiteTitle

The website title for this language. No automatic fallback to the site:websiteTitle!

Example: Get values from the current site language

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

page.10 = TEXT
page.10.data = siteLanguage:navigationTitle
page.10.wrap = This is the title of the current site language: |

page.20 = TEXT
page.20.dataWrap = The current site language's locale is {siteLanguage:locale}

# Website title for the current language with fallback
# to the website title of the site configuration.
page.30 = TEXT
page.30.data = siteLanguage:websiteTitle // site:websiteTitle

siteSettings

siteSettings: Access the site settings for the current site.

Example: Access the redirects HTTP status code

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

page.10 = TEXT
page.10.data = siteSettings:redirects.httpStatusCode

TSFE

TSFE

Syntax: TSFE: [value from the $GLOBALS['TSFE'] array, multi-dimensional]

Returns a value from \TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\Controller\TypoScriptFrontendController .

Changed in version 13.0

The following properties within TypoScriptFrontendController (TSFE) have been removed:

spamProtectEmailAddresses
intTarget
extTarget
fileTarget
baseUrl

Migrate these properties to use the config property. You can access the TypoScript properties directly, for example, via lib.something.data = TSFE : config | config | fileTarget

Example: Get the username field of the current frontend user

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = TSFE : fe_user | user | username

Data / getText

Properties

applicationcontext

applicationcontext

Example: Evaluate the current application context

asset

asset

Example: Display extension icon with cache buster

cObj

cObj

Example: Get the number of the current cObject record

context

context

Example: Retrieve current workspace ID

current

current

Example: Get the current value

date

date

Example: Get the current time formatted dd-mm-yy

DB

DB

Example: Get a header field value of a record

debug

debug

Example: Debug the current root-line

field

field

Example: Get header data

Example: Get data of a field

file

file

Example: Get the size of a file

flexform

flexform

Example: Get a FlexForm value

fullRootLine

fullRootLine

Example: Get the title of the previous page

getenv

getenv

Example: Get the HTTP referer

getIndpEnv

getIndpEnv

Example: Get the remote address

global

global

GP

GP

Example: Get the input value from query string

level

level

Example: Get the root line level of the current page

levelfield

levelfield

Example: Get a field from a page up in the root-line

levelmedia

levelmedia

leveltitle

leveltitle

Example: Get the title of a page up in the root line

leveluid

leveluid

Example: Get the ID of the root page of the page tree

LLL

LLL

Example: Get a localized label

page

page

Example: Get the current page title

pagelayout

pagelayout

Example: Get the current backend layout

parameters

parameters

Example: Get the parameter color

path

path

Example: Resolve the path to a file

register

Example: Get the parameter `color`