Backend Utility

Collection of helpers for backend developing.

class BackendUtility

Fully qualified name: \Jar\Utilities\Utilities\BackendUtility

createFrontendLink ( $pageUid, $params)

Creates a frontend link, also in backend context.

param int $pageUid: The page uid.
param array $params: Typolink parameters.

Example:

BackendUtility::createFrontendLink(123, ['lightbox' => 1]);

returns

/a-page?lightbox=1&cHash=ffe...

Returns: Link url.

currentPageUid ( )

Returns the current page uid (in backend and frontend context).

Example:

BackendUtility::currentPageUid();

returns

Returns: Current page uid.

getHostname ( )

Get the fully-qualified domain name of the host.

Example:

// current Domain is https://example.com/bla
BackendUtility::getHostname();

returns

example.com

Returns: The fully-qualified host name.

getEditLink ( $table, $uid)

Get route link for editing records in backend.

param string $table: The record table.
param int $uid: The record uid.

Example:

BackendUtility::getEditLink('tt_content', 123);

returns

/typo3/index.php?route=%2Frecord%2Fedit&token=75...&returnUrl=%2Ftypo3%2Findex.php%3Froute%3D%252Fmodule%252Fweb%252Flayout%26token%3D74...%26id%3D270%23element-tt_content-123&edit%5Btt_content%5D%5B123%5D=edit

Returns: The resulting link.

getWrappedEditLink ( $table, $uid, $content)

Get route link for editing records in backend. Wrapped in a <a>-Tag

param string $table: The record table.
param int $uid: The record uid.
param string $content: Inner HTML of the <a>-tag.

Example:

BackendUtility::getWrappedEditLink('tt_content', 123, 'Click to edit');

returns

<a href="/typo3/index.php?route=%2Frecord%2Fedit&token=...">Click to edit</a>

Returns: The resulting <a>-tag.

getWizardInformations ( $ctype)

Returns informations from the "New Content Wizard".

param string $ctype: The CType.

Example:

BackendUtility::getWizardInformations('html');

returns

[
   'iconIdentifier' => 'content-special-html',
   'title' => 'Plain HTML',
   'description' => 'With this element you can insert raw HTML code on the page.'
]

Returns: Informations about that wizard.

getCurrentPageTS ( )

Returns the current page TSconfig as array.

Example:

BackendUtility::getCurrentPageTS();

returns

[      
   mod => array(/* 6 items */),
   TCEMAIN => array(/* 4 items */),
   TCEFORM => array(/* 3 items */),
   RTE => array(/* 1 item */),
   options => array(/* 1 item */),
   TCAdefaults => array(/* 2 items */),
   tt_content => array(/* 1 item */),
]

Returns: Current page TSconfig.