Adding new fields to fe_users with your own extension

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extendFields

Add new Fields to the Registraion-/Editform

Basics

  • Use TSConfig to add one or more fields to the field selection in femanager flexform
  • Copy the partial folder and add your fields
  • Create a new extension with ext_tables.sql and ext_tables.php for adding one or more new fields to fe_users
  • Create your own user model with getter/setter for your new fields that extends the user model from femanager
  • Use TypoScript to include your model
  • Override the createAction and updateAction to manipulate the object type

See https://github.com/einpraegsam/femanagerextended for an example extension how to extend femanager with new fields and validation methods

Step by Step

Add new fields to the flexform

newFields

Extend Fieldselection in Flexform

Add some Page-TSConfig to extend the selection:

tx_femanager {
        flexForm {
                        new {
                                        addFieldOptions {
                                                        twitterId = Twitter ID
                                                        skypeId = Skype ID
                                                        somethingElse = LLL:EXT:ext/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:custom
                                        }
                        }
                        edit < tx_femanager.flexForm.new
        }
}

Modify the partial folder

“twitterId” (see TSConfig) means that femanager searches for a partial TwitterId.html to render the field in the form. So you have to copy the folder EXT:femanager/Resources/Private/Partials (e.g.) to fileadmin/Partials and set the new partial path via TypoScript Constants (see exmple below). In addition you have to add the new Partials files.

plugin.tx_femanager.view.partialRootPath = fileadmin/Partials/

Example file fileadmin/Partials/Fields/TwitterId.html:

{namespace femanager=In2code\Femanager\ViewHelpers}
<div class="femanager_fieldset control-group">
                <label for="twitterId" class="control-label">
                                <f:translate key="tx_femanagerextended_domain_model_user.twitter_id" extensionName="femanagerextended">Twitter</f:translate>
                </label>
                <div class="controls">
                                <femanager:form.textfield
                                                                id="twitterId"
                                                                property="twitterId"
                                                                class="input-block-level"
                                                                additionalAttributes="{femanager:Validation.FormValidationData(settings:'{settings}',fieldName:'twitterId')}" />
                </div>
</div>

ext_tables.sql

Example SQL file in your extension which extends fe_users with your new fields:

CREATE TABLE fe_users (
        twitter_id varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
        skype_id varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
        tx_extbase_type varchar(255) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
);

ext_tables.php

Example ext_tables.php file:

\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::loadTCA('fe_users');
$TCA['tx_test_domain_model_address']['ctrl']['type'] = 'tx_extbase_type';
$tmp_fe_users_columns = array(
                'twitter_id' => array(
                                'exclude' => 1,
                                'label' => 'LLL:EXT:femanagerextended/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_femanagerextended_domain_model_user.twitter_id',
                                'config' => array(
                                                'type' => 'input',
                                                'size' => 30,
                                                'eval' => 'trim'
                                ),
                ),
                'skype_id' => array(
                                'exclude' => 1,
                                'label' => 'LLL:EXT:femanagerextended/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_femanagerextended_domain_model_user.skype_id',
                                'config' => array(
                                                'type' => 'input',
                                                'size' => 30,
                                                'eval' => 'trim'
                                ),
                ),
                'tx_extbase_type' => array(
                                'config' => array(
                                                'type' => 'input',
                                                'default' => '0'
                                )
                )
);


\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addTCAcolumns('fe_users', $tmp_fe_users_columns, 1);
\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addToAllTCAtypes('fe_users', 'twitter_id, skype_id');

Own User Model

Example Model User.php which extends to the default femanager Model:

namespace In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model;

class User extends \In2code\Femanager\Domain\Model\User {

        /**
         * twitterId
         *
         * @var string
         */
        protected $twitterId;

        /**
         * skypeId
         *
         * @var string
         */
        protected $skypeId;

        /**
         * Returns the twitterId
         *
         * @return string $twitterId
         */
        public function getTwitterId() {
                        return $this->twitterId;
        }

        /**
         * Sets the twitterId
         *
         * @param string $twitterId
         * @return void
         */
        public function setTwitterId($twitterId) {
                        $this->twitterId = $twitterId;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the skypeId
         *
         * @return string $skypeId
         */
        public function getSkypeId() {
                        return $this->skypeId;
        }

        /**
         * Sets the skypeId
         *
         * @param string $skypeId
         * @return void
         */
        public function setSkypeId($skypeId) {
                        $this->skypeId = $skypeId;
        }

        /**
         * @param string $username
         */
        public function setUsername($username) {
                        $this->username = $username;
        }

}

TypoScript to include Model and override default controller

config.tx_extbase{
        persistence{
                classes{
                        In2code\Femanager\Domain\Model\User {
                                subclasses {
                                        0 = In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model\User
                                }
                        }
                        In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model\User {
                                mapping {
                                        tableName = fe_users
                                        recordType = 0
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
        objects {
                In2code\Femanager\Controller\NewController.className = In2code\Femanagerextended\Controller\NewController
                In2code\Femanager\Controller\EditController.className = In2code\Femanagerextended\Controller\EditController
        }
}

Own Controller Files

EditController.php:

namespace In2code\Femanagerextended\Controller;

class EditController extends \In2code\Femanager\Controller\EditController {

        /**
         * action update
         *
         * @param In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model\User $user
         * @validate $user In2code\Femanager\Domain\Validator\ServersideValidator
         * @validate $user In2code\Femanager\Domain\Validator\PasswordValidator
         * @return void
         */
        public function updateAction(\In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model\User $user) {
                parent::updateAction($user);
        }
}

NewController.php:

namespace In2code\Femanagerextended\Controller;

class NewController extends \In2code\Femanager\Controller\NewController {

        /**
         * action create
         *
         * @param In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model\User $user
         * @validate $user In2code\Femanager\Domain\Validator\ServersideValidator
         * @validate $user In2code\Femanager\Domain\Validator\PasswordValidator
         * @return void
         */
        public function createAction(\In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model\User $user) {
                parent::createAction($user);
        }
}

Note: If there are PHP warnings like “…should be compatible with…“ for PHP7, see discussion and solution: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45563671/how-to-extend-femanager-controller-under-php-7/45564378

or try to change the Controller Files to:

Own Controller Files with PHP 7.2 / TYPO3 9.5.x

EditController.php:

namespace In2code\Femanagerextended\Controller;

class EditController extends \In2code\Femanager\Controller\EditController {

        /**
         * action update
         *
         * @param In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model\User $user
         * @validate $user In2code\Femanager\Domain\Validator\ServersideValidator
         * @validate $user In2code\Femanager\Domain\Validator\PasswordValidator
         * @return void
         */
        public function updateAction($user) {
                parent::updateAction($user);
        }
}

NewController.php:

namespace In2code\Femanagerextended\Controller;

class NewController extends \In2code\Femanager\Controller\NewController {

        /**
         * action create
         *
         * @param In2code\Femanagerextended\Domain\Model\User $user
         * @validate $user In2code\Femanager\Domain\Validator\ServersideValidator
         * @validate $user In2code\Femanager\Domain\Validator\PasswordValidator
         * @return void
         */
        public function createAction($user) {
                parent::createAction($user);
        }
}