CASE allows case differentiation. In the core this
object is used for rendering different content elements according to their
type.
COA (content object array) allows us to combine an
arbitrary number of objects.
COA_INT is a COA object, but non-cached. This
element will be regenerated upon each call. This is useful with time and date
or user-dependent data, for example.
LOAD_REGISTER /
RESTORE_REGISTER objects allow us to
fill the global array $GLOBALS['TSFE']->register[] with content.
These objects return nothing. Single values and complete TypoScript
objects can be used. In doing so, the register works as a stack: With
every call, a further element is stacked. With
RESTORE_REGISTER, the element on top can be removed.
Values in the register can be used with the
getText data type.
USER and USER_INT are for user-defined functions.
Every frontend plugin from a TYPO3 CMS extension is such an object.
USER_INT is the non-cached variant.
IMG_RESOURCE is used by the
IMAGE object. The resource returned is
normally the src attribute of the <img> tag.
If images are scaled, this object serves as
a calculation basis for the new files, which are stored in the
_processed_ folder of each file storage.
GIFBUILDER is used for generating image files
dynamically. Various texts and images can be combined, and much more.
