Data / getText

The getText data type is a kind of tool box for retrieving values from different sources, for example, GET/POST variables, registers, values from the page tree, items in the page menus and records from database tables.

The general syntax is as follows:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

where <key> indicates the source and <code> contains paths or pointers to values. Possible keys and codes are described below.

The code can contain pipe characters | which will result in a multidimensional array. This, for example, works with TSFE:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = request : frontend.user | username

Some codes use a different separator, but this is documented in the code. Spaces around the colon (:) are irrelevant. The key is case-insensitive.

Using multiple codes separated by a // (double slash) will return the first one that is not empty ("" or zero). The TypoScript below gets the content of the "header" field. If "header" is empty, "title" is retrieved. If "title" is also empty, the "uid" field is retrieved:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

Properties

applicationcontext

applicationcontext: Returns the current application context as a string.

Example: Evaluate the current application context

Evaluate if the current application context is "Production":

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

if {
  value.data = applicationcontext
  equals = Production
}

asset

asset: The getText asset function includes assets like images, CSS or JavaScript that are cache-busted.

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

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

Example: Display extension icon with cache buster

EXT:my_extension/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

cObj

cObj: Deprecated since version 14.3

See Deprecation: #109575 - Various ContentObjectRenderer properties/methods

Example: Get the number of the current cObject record

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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/Sets/Main/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/Sets/Main/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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

DB

DB

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

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

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

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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

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

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data.dataWrap = DB : tt_content:{GP : myContentId}:header
lib.foo.data.wrap3 = {|}
lib.foo.data.insertData = 1

Note

It is safe to use 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 an int via QueryBuilder->createNamedParameter()

debug

debug: Returns HTML-formatted content of a PHP variable. Available variables 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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = debug : rootLine

field

field

Syntax: field : [a field name in the current $cObj->data array in the cObject, multidimensional]

This gives read access to the value of an internal global variable depending on the key.

By default, the $cObj->data array is the record of the current page.
In TMENU $cObj->data is set to the page-record of each menu item in loop iterations during the rendering process.
In CONTENT / RECORDS $cObj->data is set to the current 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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = field : header

Example: Get data in a field

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

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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 possible to reference the current file using current as the UID, for example, file : current : size.

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

Furthermore, when manipulating references (such as images in content elements and media on pages), these 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 and alternative.

Any data in the sys_file_metadata table can also be accessed.

See the FILES cObject for examples of usage.

Example: Get the size of a file

Get the size of the file with sys_file UID 17:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = file : 17 : size

flexform

flexform

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

Access values in FlexForms, for example, inside a tt_content record.

Example: Get a FlexForm value

Return the FlexForm value of given name:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

fullRootLine

fullRootLine

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

Gets the value of a field of a page in the root line. The pointer is an absolute level, counted from the root page of the site downwards: 0 addresses the root page itself, 1 the page below it and so on. The numbers in square brackets indicate which page each value of pointer would point to:

- Site root (root template here!) [0]
  |- Products [1]
    |- You are here! [2]

A "slide" parameter can be added (like in levelfield property).

Note

In contrast to levelfield, a negative pointer does not count levels up from the current page. It addresses pages above the root page of the site, and TYPO3 does not deliver content from outside the current site, so the result is empty. Use levelfield to count levels up from the current page.

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

Get the value of the field tx_myextension_myfield from the root page of the site:

EXT:my_extension/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = fullRootLine : 0, tx_myextension_myfield

Get the title of the page on the first level below the root page of the site:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = fullRootLine : 1, title

getenv

getenv: Value from PHP environment variables.

For a cached version of this feature, see getEnv.

Example: Get the HTTP referer

Get the environment variable HTTP_REFERER.

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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 usually identical to the $_SERVER variable. This method is more reliable then getEnv.

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/Sets/Main/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 or getenv.

GP

GP

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

Get a variable from $_GET or $_POST when 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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = GP : stuff

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

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = level

levelfield

levelfield

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

Like leveltitle but you can choose which field should be fetched from the record.

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

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

EXT:my_extension/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

levelmedia

levelmedia

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

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

Use an absolute level: 0 or a positive integer.
Negative integers determine x levels up.
The slide parameter slides until there is a non-empty value.

leveltitle

leveltitle

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

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

Use an absolute level: 0 or a positive integer.
Negative integers determine x levels up
The slide parameter slides until there is a non-empty value.

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

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

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = leveltitle : 1

Get the title of the page on the level immediately below the current. If it is empty, walk to the bottom of the root line until there is a title:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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: 0 or a positive integer.
Negative integers determine 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/Sets/Main/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/Sets/Main/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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = page : title

pagelayout

pagelayout: Get the current backend layout.

Example: Get the current backend layout

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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 the parameters array of the current cObject.

Example: Get the parameter `color`

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

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = parameters : color

path

path

Changed in version 14.0

path returns an absolute URL.

Path to a file, for example, that is in an extension. Returns an empty value if the file does not exist.

EXT:my_extension/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

page.20 = TEXT
page.20 {
  data = path : EXT:core/Resources/Public/Icons/Extension.svg
}
# Returns /typo3/sysext/core/Resources/Public/Icons/Extension.svg

Example: Resolve the path to a file

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

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

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

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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 register stack]

See LOAD_REGISTER.

Example: Get the content of a register

Get content from a register:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = register : color

request

request

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

Retrieve the property of a PSR-7 request attribute.

Only scalar properties can be retrieved: int, float, string or bool values. If the property is an object or an array, a subproperty can be used to call the getter method of the object or retrieve the key of the array.

Example: Get the page type

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = request : routing | pageType

Example: Get a query argument

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = request : nonce | value

session

session

Syntax: session : [key]

The key is the session key used to store a 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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

lib.foo.data = session : shop_cart | itemCount

site

site

Syntax: site : [key]

Accesses the current site configuration.

Possible keys:

attributes: Additional parameters configured for this site.
base: The base URL for this site.
baseVariants: The base variants of 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/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

site is the keyword, and the parts after the colon are the configuration key(s) to access.

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

siteLanguage

siteLanguage

Syntax: siteLanguage : [key]

Accesses 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 (for example, gb or fr) used in the TYPO3 backend.

flag can be used to match the site configuration setting.

hreflang

The language tag for this language defined by RFC 1766 / 3066 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 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 (this is 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 used in language menus.

title

The label used in 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. Note: there is no automatic fallback to the


        site:websiteTitle

.

Example: Get values from the current site language

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/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 of the current site.

Example: Access the redirects HTTP status code

EXT:site_package/Configuration/Sets/Main/setup.typoscript

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

Data / getText

Properties

applicationcontext

Example: Evaluate the current application context

asset

Example: Display extension icon with cache buster

cObj

Example: Get the number of the current cObject record

context

Example: Retrieve current workspace ID

current

Example: Get the current value

date

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

DB

Example: Get a header field value of a record

debug

Example: Debug the current root-line

field

Example: Get header data

Example: Get data in a field

file

Example: Get the size of a file

flexform

Example: Get a FlexForm value

fullRootLine

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

getenv

Example: Get the HTTP referer

getIndpEnv

Example: Get the remote address

global

GP

Example: Get the input value from query string

level

Example: Get the root line level of the current page

levelfield

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

levelmedia

leveltitle

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

leveluid

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

LLL

Example: Get a localized label

page

Example: Get the current page title

pagelayout

Example: Get the current backend layout

parameters

Example: Get the parameter color

path

Example: Resolve the path to a file

register

Example: Get the content of a register

request

Example: Get the page type

Example: Get a query argument

Example: Get the nonce

session

Example: Get a value stored in the current session

site

Example: Get values from the current site

siteLanguage

Example: Get values from the current site language

siteSettings

Example: Access the redirects HTTP status code

Example: Get the parameter `color`