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IMAGE¶

Returns an image tag with the image file defined in the property "file" and processed according to the properties set.

Defined as PHP function cImage() in typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php.

The array $GLOBALS['TSFE']->lastImageInfo is set with the info-array of the returning image (if any) and contains width, height and so on:

Name of the getText property	Content
0	width
1	height
2	file extension
3	resource
origFile	relative URL pointing to the original file
_mtime	modification time of the original file
originalFile	The FAL object referencing the original file
processedFile	The FAL object referencing the processed file

Note: Gifbuilder also has an IMAGE object - do not mix that one up with the cObject described here; both are different objects.

If you only need the file path to the (possibly resized and also otherwise adjusted) image, the cObject IMG_RESOURCE might be what you are looking for.

Property

if

Data type

->if

Description

If "if" returns false, the image is not shown!

Property

file

Data type

->imgResource

Property

params

Data type

<IMG>-params /stdWrap

Property

border

Data type

integer

Description

Value of the "border" attribute of the image tag.

Default

0

Property

altText

titleText

Data type

string /stdWrap

Description

If no alt text is specified, an empty alt text will be used.

Property

emptyTitleHandling

Data type

string /stdWrap

Description

Value can be "keepEmpty" to preserve an empty title attribute, or "useAlt" to use the alt attribute instead.

Default

useAlt

Property

longdescURL

Data type

string /stdWrap

Description

"longdesc" attribute (URL pointing to document with extensive details about image).

layoutKey¶

Property

layoutKey

Data type

string

Description

Defines the render layout for the IMAGE. The render layout is the HTML Code for the IMAGE itself. Possible "out of the box" values are default, srcset, picture, data. Each possibility represents a different solution to render the HTML Code of the IMAGE. The default code renders the img-tag as plain old html tag with the different attributes.

When implementing a responsive layout you need different image sizes for the different displays and resolutions of your layout. Depending on the HTML framework, the capabilities of desired browsers and the used javascript library for progressive enhancement you can choose either one of the predefined layouts or can define a new layout of your own by adding an additional layout key.

If you don't have a responsive HTML layout you should use the default layout.

default renders a normal non-responsive image as a <img> tag:

<img src="###SRC###"
     width="###WIDTH###"
     height="###HEIGHT###" ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS### ###BORDER### ###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>

srcset renders an image tag pointing to a set of images for the different resolutions. They are referenced inside the srcset attribute the <img> tag for each defined resolution. Each image is actually rendered by TYPO3. Srcset is a proposed addition to HTML5 (https://www.w3.org/TR/html-srcset/).
```
<img src="###SRC###"
     srcset="|*|###SRC### ###SRCSETCANDIDATE###,|*|###SRC### ###SRCSETCANDIDATE###" ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS######SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>
```
picture renders a picture tag containing source tags for each resolutions: and a <img> tag for the default image. Picture is in the working draft for HTML5 (https://www.w3.org/TR/html-picture-element/).
```
<picture>
   <source srcset="###SRC###"
           media="###MEDIAQUERY###"###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>
   <img src="###SRC###" ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS######SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>
</picture>
```

data renders an image tag containing data-keys for the different resolutions:

<img src="###SRC###"
     data-###DATAKEY###="###SRC###" ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS######SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>

Default

default

layout¶

Property

layout

Data type

array

Description

HTML code definition for the different layoutKey.

layout.layoutKey¶

Property

layout.layoutKey

Data type

array

Description

Definition for the HTML rendering for the named layoutKey. Depending on your needs you can use the existing pre-defined layoutKey or you can define your own element for your responsive layout.

Example:

picture {
    element = <picture>###SOURCECOLLECTION###<img src="###SRC###" ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS### ###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###></picture>
    source = <source src="###SRC###" media="###MEDIAQUERY###" ###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>
}

layout.layoutKey.element¶

Property

layout.layoutKey.element

Data type

string

Description

The outer element definition for the HTML rendering of the image. Possible markers are mainly all parameters which can be defined in the IMAGE object, e.g.:

###SRC### the file URL for the src attribute
###WIDTH### the width of the image for the width tag (only the width value)
###HEIGHT### the height of the image for the height tag (only the width value)
###PARAMS### additional params defined in the IMAGE object (as complete attribute)
###ALTPARAMS### additional alt params defined in the IMAGE object (as complete attribute)
###BORDER### border for the image tag (as complete attribute)
###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH### renders the closing slash of the tag, depending on the setting of config.xhtmlDoctype and config.Doctype
###SOURCECOLLECTION### the additional sources of the image depending on the different usage in responsive webdesign. The definition of the sources is declared inside layout.layoutKey.source

layout.layoutKey.source¶

Property

layout.layoutKey.source

Data type

stdWrap

Description

Defines the HTML code for the ###SOURCECOLLECTION### of the layout.layoutKey.element. Possible markers in the out of the box configuration are:

###SRC### the file URL for the src attribute
###WIDTH### the width of the image for the width tag (only the width value)
###HEIGHT### the height of the image for the height tag (only the width value)
###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH### renders the closing slash of the tag, depending on the setting of xhtmlDoctype
###SRCSETCANDIDATE### is the value of the srcsetCandidate defined in each SourceCollection.DataKey
###MEDIAQUERY### is the value of the mediaQuery defined in each SourceCollection.DataKey
###DATAKEY### is the name of the dataKey defined in the sourceCollection

You can define additional markers by adding more datakeys to the collection. ###SRCSETCANDIDATE###, ###MEDIAQUERY###, ###DATAKEY### are already defined as additional datakeys in the out of the box typoscript. Thus can be overwritten by your typoscript.

sourceCollection¶

Property

sourceCollection

Data type

array

Description

For responsive images you need different image resolutions for each output device and output mode (portrait vs. landscape). sourceCollection defines the different resolutions for image rendering, normally you would define al least one sourceCollection per layout breakpoint. The amount of sourceCollections, the name and the specification for the sourceCollections will be defined by the HTML/CSS/JS code you are using. The configuration of the sourceCollection defines the size of the image which is rendered.

Each resolution should be set up as separate array in the sourceCollection. Each sourceCollection consists of different dataKey properties which you can define to suit your needs.

Example:

sourceCollection {
    small {
        width = 200

        srcsetCandidate = 600w
        mediaQuery = (max-device-width: 600px)
        dataKey = small
    }
    smallRetina {
        if.directReturn = 1

        width = 200
        pixelDensity = 2

        srcsetCandidate = 600w 2x
        mediaQuery = (max-device-width: 600px) AND (min-resolution: 192dpi)
        dataKey = smallRetina
    }
}

dataKey¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey

Data type

stdWrap

Description

Definition of your image size definition depending on your responsive layout, breakpoints and display density.

dataKey.if¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.if

Data type

if

Description

Renders only if the condition is met, this is evaluated before any execution of code.

dataKey.pixelDensity¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.pixelDensity

Data type

integer / stdWrap

Description

Defines the density of the rendered Image, e.g. retina display would have a density of 2, the density is a multiplicator for the image dimensions: If the pixelDensity is set to 2 and the width is set to 200 the generated image file will have a width of 400 but will be treated inside the html code as 200 pixel.

Default

1

dataKey.width¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.width

Data type

stdWrap

Description

Defines the width for the html code of the image defined in this source collection. For the image file itself the width will be multiplied by dataKey.pixelDensity.

dataKey.height¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.height

Data type

stdWrap

Description

Defines the height for the html code of the image defined in this source collection. For the image file itself the height will be multiplied by dataKey.pixelDensity.

dataKey.maxW¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.maxW

Data type

stdWrap

Description

Defines the maxW for the html code of the image defined in this source collection. For the image file itself the maxW will be multiplied by dataKey.pixelDensity.

dataKey.maxH¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.maxH

Data type

stdWrap

Description

Defines the maxH for the html code of the image defined in this source collection. For the image file itself the maxH will be multiplied by dataKey.pixelDensity.

dataKey.minW¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.minW

Data type

stdWrap

Description

Defines the minW for the html code of the image defined in this source collection. For the image file itself the minW will be multiplied by dataKey.pixelDensity.

dataKey.minH¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.minH

Data type

stdWrap

Description

Defines the minH for the html code of the image defined in this source collection. For the image file itself the minH will be multiplied by dataKey.pixelDensity.

dataKey.quality¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.quality

Data type

integer

Description

Defines the quality of the rendered images on a scale from 1-100.

dataKey.*¶

Property

sourceCollection.dataKey.*

Data type

string

Description

You can define additional key value pairs which won't be used for setting the image size, but will be available as additional markers for the image template. See example mediaquery.

Property

linkWrap

Data type

linkWrap /stdWrap

Description

(before ".wrap")

Property

imageLinkWrap

Data type

boolean/ ->imageLinkWrap

Description

Note: Only active if linkWrap is not set and file is not GIFBUILDER (as it works with the original image file).

Property

wrap

Data type

wrap /stdWrap

Description

Wrap for the image tag.

Property

stdWrap

Data type

->stdWrap

[tsref:(cObject).IMAGE]

Examples:¶

Standard rendering¶

= IMAGE
# toplogo.gif has the dimensions 300 x 150 pixels.
file = fileadmin/toplogo.gif
params = style="margin: 0px 20px;"
wrap = |<br>

This returns:

<img src="fileadmin/toplogo.gif"
     width="300"
     height="150"
     border="0"
     style="margin: 0px 20px;"
     alt=""><br>

Responsive/adaptive rendering¶

30 = IMAGE
30 {
  file = fileadmin/imagefilenamename.jpg
  file.width = 100

  layoutKey = default
  layout {

    default {
     element = <img src="###SRC###" width="###WIDTH###" height="###HEIGHT###" ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS### ###BORDER### ###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>
     source =
    }

    srcset {
      element = <img src="###SRC###" srcset="###SOURCECOLLECTION###" ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS### ###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>
      source = |*|###SRC### ###SRCSETCANDIDATE###,|*|###SRC### ###SRCSETCANDIDATE###
    }

    picture {
      element = <picture>###SOURCECOLLECTION###<img src="###SRC###" ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS### ###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###></picture>
      source = <source src="###SRC###" media="###MEDIAQUERY###" ###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>
    }

    data {
      element = <img src="###SRC###" ###SOURCECOLLECTION### ###PARAMS### ###ALTPARAMS### ###SELFCLOSINGTAGSLASH###>
      source.noTrimWrap = | data-###DATAKEY###="###SRC###"|
    }
  }

  sourceCollection {
    small {
      width = 200

      srcsetCandidate = 800w
      mediaQuery = (min-device-width: 800px)
      dataKey = small
    }
    smallHires {
      if.directReturn = 1
      width = 300
      pixelDensity = 2

      srcsetCandidate = 800w 2x
      mediaQuery = (min-device-width: 800px) AND (foobar)
      dataKey = smallHires
      pictureFoo = bar
    }
  }
}
40 < 30
40.layoutKey = data
50 < 30
50.layoutKey = picture
60 < 30
60.layoutKey = srcset

This returns as an example all per default possible HTML-Output:

<img src="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_595cc36c48.png"
  width="600" height="423"    alt=""  border="0" />
<img src="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_595cc36c48.png"
  data-small="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_595cc36c48.png"
  data-smallRetina="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_42fb68d642.png"
  alt="" />
<picture>
  <source src="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_595cc36c48.png"
    media="(max-device-width: 600px)" />
  <source src="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_42fb68d642.png"
    media="(max-device-width: 600px) AND (min-resolution: 192dpi)" />
  <img src="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_595cc36c48.png"
    alt="" />
</picture><
<img src="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_595cc36c48.png"
  srcset="fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_595cc36c48.png 600w,
    fileadmin/_processed_/imagefilenamename_42fb68d642.png 600w 2x"
  alt="" />