TYPO3 11.5 API: FormManagerController

FormManagerController extends AbstractBackendController

The form manager controller

Scope: backend

Internal

Constants

JS_MODULE_NAMES = ['app', 'viewModel']

Properties

$actionMethodName : string: Name of the action method
$arguments : Arguments
$configurationManager : ConfigurationManagerInterface
$controllerContext : ControllerContext
$databaseService : DatabaseService
$defaultViewObjectName : string: The default view object to use if none of the resolved views can render a response for the current request.
$errorMethodName : string: Name of the special error action method which is called in case of errors
$eventDispatcher : EventDispatcherInterface
$formPersistenceManager : FormPersistenceManagerInterface
$formSettings : array<string|int, mixed>
$hashService : HashService
$iconFactory : IconFactory
$limit : int
$moduleTemplateFactory : ModuleTemplateFactory
$mvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService : MvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService
$objectManager : ObjectManagerInterface
$pageRenderer : PageRenderer
$reflectionService : ReflectionService
$request : Request: The current request.
$responseFactory : ResponseFactoryInterface
$settings : array<string|int, mixed>: Contains the settings of the current extension
$signalSlotDispatcher : Dispatcher
$streamFactory : StreamFactoryInterface
$uriBuilder : UriBuilder
$validatorResolver : ValidatorResolver
$view : ViewInterface: The current view, as resolved by resolveView()

Methods

__construct() : mixed
addFlashMessage() : mixed: Creates a Message object and adds it to the FlashMessageQueue.
createAction() : ResponseInterface: Creates a new Form and redirects to the Form Editor
deleteAction() : mixed: Delete a formDefinition identified by the $formPersistenceIdentifier.
duplicateAction() : ResponseInterface: Duplicates a given formDefinition and redirects to the Form Editor
forward() : never: Forwards the request to another action and / or controller.
getControllerContext() : ControllerContext
indexAction() : ResponseInterface: Displays the Form Manager
initializeControllerArgumentsBaseValidators() : mixed: Collects the base validators which were defined for the data type of each controller argument and adds them to the argument's validator chain.
initializeCreateAction() : mixed: Initialize the create action.
initializeDuplicateAction() : mixed: Initialize the duplicate action.
initializeObject() : mixed
initializeReferencesAction() : mixed: Initialize the references action.
injectConfigurationManager() : mixed
injectEventDispatcher() : void
injectFormPersistenceManager() : mixed
injectHashService() : mixed
injectInternalExtensionService() : void
injectInternalFlashMessageService() : void
injectMvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService() : mixed
injectObjectManager() : mixed: Injects the object manager
injectPropertyMapper() : void
injectReflectionService() : mixed
injectResponseFactory() : mixed
injectSignalSlotDispatcher() : mixed
injectStreamFactory() : mixed
injectValidatorResolver() : mixed
injectViewResolver() : mixed
processRequest() : ResponseInterface: Handles an incoming request and returns a response object
referencesAction() : ResponseInterface: Show references to this persistence identifier
throwStatus() : never: Sends the specified HTTP status immediately and only stops to run back through the middleware stack.
addBaseUriIfNecessary() : string: Adds the base uri if not already in place.
addErrorFlashMessage() : mixed: If an error occurred during this request, this adds a flash message describing the error to the flash message container.
buildControllerContext() : ControllerContext: Initialize the controller context
callActionMethod() : ResponseInterface: Calls the specified action method and passes the arguments.
convertFormNameToIdentifier() : string: Returns a form identifier which is the lower cased form name.
errorAction() : ResponseInterface: A special action which is called if the originally intended action could not be called, for example if the arguments were not valid.
forwardToReferringRequest() : ResponseInterface|null: If information on the request before the current request was sent, this method forwards back to the originating request. This effectively ends processing of the current request, so do not call this method before you have finished the necessary business logic!
getAccessibleFormStorageFolders() : array<string|int, mixed>: Return a list of all accessible file mountpoints.
getAvailableFormDefinitions() : array<string|int, mixed>: List all formDefinitions which can be loaded through t form persistence manager. Enrich this data by a reference counter.
getBackendUser() : BackendUserAuthentication: Returns the current BE user.
getErrorFlashMessage() : string|bool: A template method for displaying custom error flash messages, or to display no flash message at all on errors. Override this to customize the flash message in your action controller.
getFlashMessageQueue() : FlashMessageQueue: todo: As soon as the incoming request contains the compiled plugin namespace, extbase will offer a trait to create a flash message identifier from the current request. Users then should inject the flash message service themselves if needed.
getFlattenedValidationErrorMessage() : string: Returns a string with a basic error message about validation failure.
getFormManagerAppInitialData() : array<string|int, mixed>: Returns the json encoded data which is used by the form editor JavaScript app.
getLanguageService() : LanguageService: Returns the Language Service
getModuleUrl() : string: Wrapper used for unit testing.
getProcessedReferencesRows() : array<string|int, mixed>: Returns an array with information about the references for a formDefinition identified by $persistenceIdentifier.
getRecord() : array<string|int, mixed>|null: Wrapper used for unit testing.
getRecordTitle() : string: Wrapper used for unit testing.
getViewProperty() : array<string|int, mixed>: Handles the path resolving for *rootPath(s)
htmlResponse() : ResponseInterface: Returns a response object with either the given html string or the current rendered view as content.
initializeAction() : mixed: Initializes the controller before invoking an action method.
initializeActionMethodArguments() : mixed: Implementation of the arguments initialization in the action controller: Automatically registers arguments of the current action
initializeActionMethodValidators() : mixed: Adds the needed validators to the Arguments:
initializeModuleTemplate() : ModuleTemplate: Init ModuleTemplate and register document header buttons
initializeView() : mixed: Initializes the view before invoking an action method.
isValidTemplatePath() : bool: Check if a given $templatePath for a given $prototypeName is valid and accessible.
jsonResponse() : ResponseInterface: Returns a response object with either the given json string or the current rendered view as content. Mainly to be used for actions / controllers using the JsonView.
mapRequestArgumentsToControllerArguments() : mixed: Maps arguments delivered by the request object to the local controller arguments.
redirect() : never: Redirects the request to another action and / or controller.
redirectToUri() : never: Redirects the web request to another uri.
renderAssetsForRequest() : mixed: Method which initializes assets that should be attached to the response for the given $request, which contains parameters that an override can use to determine which assets to add via PageRenderer.
resolveActionMethodName() : string: Resolves and checks the current action method name
resolveResourcePaths() : array<string|int, mixed>: The functionality of this method has been removed because it caused problems with open_basedir restrictions.
resolveView() : ViewInterface: Prepares a view for the current action.
setViewConfiguration() : mixed

JS_MODULE_NAMES


    protected
        mixed
    JS_MODULE_NAMES
    = ['app', 'viewModel']

$actionMethodName

Name of the action method


    protected
        string
    $actionMethodName
     = 'indexAction'

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$arguments


    protected
        Arguments
    $arguments

Arguments passed to the controller

$configurationManager


    protected
        ConfigurationManagerInterface
    $configurationManager

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$controllerContext

Deprecated

since v11, will be removed with v12.


    protected
        ControllerContext
    $controllerContext

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$databaseService


    protected
        DatabaseService
    $databaseService

$defaultViewObjectName

The default view object to use if none of the resolved views can render a response for the current request.


    protected
        string
    $defaultViewObjectName
     = \TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\View\TemplateView::class

$errorMethodName

Name of the special error action method which is called in case of errors


    protected
        string
    $errorMethodName
     = 'errorAction'

$eventDispatcher


    protected
        EventDispatcherInterface
    $eventDispatcher

$formPersistenceManager


    protected
        FormPersistenceManagerInterface
    $formPersistenceManager

$formSettings


    protected
        array<string|int, mixed>
    $formSettings

$hashService


    protected
        HashService
    $hashService

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$iconFactory


    protected
        IconFactory
    $iconFactory

$limit


    protected
        int
    $limit
     = 20

$moduleTemplateFactory


    protected
        ModuleTemplateFactory
    $moduleTemplateFactory

$mvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService


    protected
        MvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService
    $mvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService

$objectManager

Deprecated

since v11, will be removed in v12


    protected
        ObjectManagerInterface
    $objectManager

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$pageRenderer


    protected
        PageRenderer
    $pageRenderer

$reflectionService


    protected
        ReflectionService
    $reflectionService

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$request

The current request.


    protected
        Request
    $request

$responseFactory


    protected
        ResponseFactoryInterface
    $responseFactory

$settings

Contains the settings of the current extension


    protected
        array<string|int, mixed>
    $settings

$signalSlotDispatcher


    protected
        Dispatcher
    $signalSlotDispatcher

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$streamFactory


    protected
        StreamFactoryInterface
    $streamFactory

$uriBuilder


    protected
        UriBuilder
    $uriBuilder

$validatorResolver


    protected
        ValidatorResolver
    $validatorResolver

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

$view

The current view, as resolved by resolveView()


    protected
        ViewInterface
    $view

__construct()


    public
                    __construct(ModuleTemplateFactory $moduleTemplateFactory, PageRenderer $pageRenderer, IconFactory $iconFactory, DatabaseService $databaseService) : mixed

Parameters

$moduleTemplateFactory : ModuleTemplateFactory
$pageRenderer : PageRenderer
$iconFactory : IconFactory
$databaseService : DatabaseService

addFlashMessage()

Creates a Message object and adds it to the FlashMessageQueue.


    public
                    addFlashMessage(string $messageBody[, string $messageTitle = '' ][, int $severity = AbstractMessage::OK ][, bool $storeInSession = true ]) : mixed

Parameters

$messageBody : string: The message
$messageTitle : string = '': Optional message title
$severity : int = AbstractMessage::OK: Optional severity, must be one of \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Messaging\FlashMessage constants
$storeInSession : bool = true: Optional, defines whether the message should be stored in the session (default) or not

createAction()

Creates a new Form and redirects to the Form Editor


    public
                    createAction(string $formName, string $templatePath, string $prototypeName, string $savePath) : ResponseInterface

Parameters

$formName : string
$templatePath : string
$prototypeName : string
$savePath : string

Internal

Return values

ResponseInterface

deleteAction()

Delete a formDefinition identified by the $formPersistenceIdentifier.


    public
                    deleteAction(string $formPersistenceIdentifier) : mixed

Parameters

$formPersistenceIdentifier : string: persistence identifier to delete

Internal

duplicateAction()

Duplicates a given formDefinition and redirects to the Form Editor


    public
                    duplicateAction(string $formName, string $formPersistenceIdentifier, string $savePath) : ResponseInterface

Parameters

$formName : string
$formPersistenceIdentifier : string: persistence identifier of the form to duplicate
$savePath : string

Internal

Return values

ResponseInterface

forward()

Forwards the request to another action and / or controller.


    public
                    forward(string|null $actionName[, string|null $controllerName = null ][, string|null $extensionName = null ][, array<string|int, mixed>|null $arguments = null ]) : never

Deprecated

since TYPO3 11.0, will be removed in 12.0

Request is directly transferred to the other action / controller without the need for a new request.

Parameters

$actionName : string|null: Name of the action to forward to
$controllerName : string|null = null: Unqualified object name of the controller to forward to. If not specified, the current controller is used.
$extensionName : string|null = null: Name of the extension containing the controller to forward to. If not specified, the current extension is assumed.
$arguments : array<string|int, mixed>|null = null: Arguments to pass to the target action

Return values

never

getControllerContext()


    public
                    getControllerContext() : ControllerContext

Deprecated

since v11, will be removed with v12.

Return values

ControllerContext

indexAction()

Displays the Form Manager


    public
                    indexAction([int $page = 1 ]) : ResponseInterface

Parameters

$page : int = 1

Internal

Return values

ResponseInterface

initializeControllerArgumentsBaseValidators()

Collects the base validators which were defined for the data type of each controller argument and adds them to the argument's validator chain.


    public
                    initializeControllerArgumentsBaseValidators() : mixed

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

initializeCreateAction()

Initialize the create action.


    public
                    initializeCreateAction() : mixed

This action uses the Fluid JsonView::class as view.

Internal

initializeDuplicateAction()

Initialize the duplicate action.


    public
                    initializeDuplicateAction() : mixed

This action uses the Fluid JsonView::class as view.

Internal

initializeObject()


    public
                    initializeObject() : mixed

Internal

initializeReferencesAction()

Initialize the references action.


    public
                    initializeReferencesAction() : mixed

This action uses the Fluid JsonView::class as view.

Internal

injectConfigurationManager()


    public
                    injectConfigurationManager(ConfigurationManagerInterface $configurationManager) : mixed

Parameters

$configurationManager : ConfigurationManagerInterface

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectEventDispatcher()


    public
                    injectEventDispatcher(EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher) : void

Parameters

$eventDispatcher : EventDispatcherInterface

injectFormPersistenceManager()


    public
                    injectFormPersistenceManager(FormPersistenceManagerInterface $formPersistenceManager) : mixed

Parameters

$formPersistenceManager : FormPersistenceManagerInterface

Internal

injectHashService()


    public
                    injectHashService(HashService $hashService) : mixed

Parameters

$hashService : HashService

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectInternalExtensionService()


    public
        final            injectInternalExtensionService(ExtensionService $extensionService) : void

Parameters

$extensionService : ExtensionService

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectInternalFlashMessageService()


    public
        final            injectInternalFlashMessageService(FlashMessageService $flashMessageService) : void

Parameters

$flashMessageService : FlashMessageService

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectMvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService()


    public
                    injectMvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService(MvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService $mvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService) : mixed

Parameters

$mvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService : MvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService

injectObjectManager()

Injects the object manager


    public
                    injectObjectManager(ObjectManagerInterface $objectManager) : mixed

Deprecated

since v11, will be removed in v12

Parameters

$objectManager : ObjectManagerInterface

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectPropertyMapper()


    public
                    injectPropertyMapper(PropertyMapper $propertyMapper) : void

Parameters

$propertyMapper : PropertyMapper

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectReflectionService()


    public
                    injectReflectionService(ReflectionService $reflectionService) : mixed

Parameters

$reflectionService : ReflectionService

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectResponseFactory()


    public
        final            injectResponseFactory(ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory) : mixed

Parameters

$responseFactory : ResponseFactoryInterface

injectSignalSlotDispatcher()


    public
                    injectSignalSlotDispatcher(Dispatcher $signalSlotDispatcher) : mixed

Deprecated

since v11, will be removed in v12

Parameters

$signalSlotDispatcher : Dispatcher

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectStreamFactory()


    public
        final            injectStreamFactory(StreamFactoryInterface $streamFactory) : mixed

Parameters

$streamFactory : StreamFactoryInterface

injectValidatorResolver()


    public
                    injectValidatorResolver(ValidatorResolver $validatorResolver) : mixed

Parameters

$validatorResolver : ValidatorResolver

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

injectViewResolver()


    public
                    injectViewResolver(ViewResolverInterface $viewResolver) : mixed

Parameters

$viewResolver : ViewResolverInterface

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

processRequest()

Handles an incoming request and returns a response object


    public
                    processRequest(RequestInterface $request) : ResponseInterface

Parameters

$request : RequestInterface: The request object

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

ResponseInterface

referencesAction()

Show references to this persistence identifier


    public
                    referencesAction(string $formPersistenceIdentifier) : ResponseInterface

Parameters

$formPersistenceIdentifier : string: persistence identifier of the form to duplicate

Internal

Return values

ResponseInterface

throwStatus()

Sends the specified HTTP status immediately and only stops to run back through the middleware stack.


    public
                    throwStatus(int $statusCode[, string $statusMessage = null ][, string $content = null ]) : never

Note: If any other plugin or content or hook is used within a frontend request, this is skipped by design.

Parameters

$statusCode : int: The HTTP status code
$statusMessage : string = null: A custom HTTP status message
$content : string = null: Body content which further explains the status

Return values

never

addBaseUriIfNecessary()

Adds the base uri if not already in place.


    protected
                    addBaseUriIfNecessary(string $uri) : string

Parameters

$uri : string: The URI

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

string

addErrorFlashMessage()

If an error occurred during this request, this adds a flash message describing the error to the flash message container.


    protected
                    addErrorFlashMessage() : mixed

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

buildControllerContext()

Initialize the controller context


    protected
                    buildControllerContext() : ControllerContext

Deprecated

since v11, will be removed with v12.

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

ControllerContext —

ControllerContext to be passed to the view

callActionMethod()

Calls the specified action method and passes the arguments.


    protected
                    callActionMethod(RequestInterface $request) : ResponseInterface

If the action returns a string, it is appended to the content in the response object. If the action doesn't return anything and a valid view exists, the view is rendered automatically.

Parameters

$request : RequestInterface

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

ResponseInterface

convertFormNameToIdentifier()

Returns a form identifier which is the lower cased form name.


    protected
                    convertFormNameToIdentifier(string $formName) : string

Parameters

$formName : string

Return values

string

errorAction()

A special action which is called if the originally intended action could not be called, for example if the arguments were not valid.


    protected
                    errorAction() : ResponseInterface

The default implementation sets a flash message, request errors and forwards back to the originating action. This is suitable for most actions dealing with form input.

We clear the page cache by default on an error as well, as we need to make sure the data is re-evaluated when the user changes something.

Return values

ResponseInterface

forwardToReferringRequest()

If information on the request before the current request was sent, this method forwards back to the originating request. This effectively ends processing of the current request, so do not call this method before you have finished the necessary business logic!


    protected
                    forwardToReferringRequest() : ResponseInterface|null

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

ResponseInterface|null

getAccessibleFormStorageFolders()

Return a list of all accessible file mountpoints.


    protected
                    getAccessibleFormStorageFolders() : array<string|int, mixed>

Only registered mountpoints from TYPO3.CMS.Form.persistenceManager.allowedFileMounts are listed. This list will be reduced by the configured mountpoints for the current backend user.

Return values

array<string|int, mixed>

getAvailableFormDefinitions()

List all formDefinitions which can be loaded through t form persistence manager. Enrich this data by a reference counter.


    protected
                    getAvailableFormDefinitions() : array<string|int, mixed>

Return values

array<string|int, mixed>

getBackendUser()

Returns the current BE user.


    protected
                    getBackendUser() : BackendUserAuthentication

Return values

BackendUserAuthentication

getErrorFlashMessage()

A template method for displaying custom error flash messages, or to display no flash message at all on errors. Override this to customize the flash message in your action controller.


    protected
                    getErrorFlashMessage() : string|bool

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

string|bool —

The flash message or FALSE if no flash message should be set

getFlashMessageQueue()

todo: As soon as the incoming request contains the compiled plugin namespace, extbase will offer a trait to create a flash message identifier from the current request. Users then should inject the flash message service themselves if needed.


    protected
                    getFlashMessageQueue([string|null $identifier = null ]) : FlashMessageQueue

Parameters

$identifier : string|null = null

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

FlashMessageQueue

getFlattenedValidationErrorMessage()

Returns a string with a basic error message about validation failure.


    protected
                    getFlattenedValidationErrorMessage() : string

We may add all validation error messages to a log file in the future, but for security reasons (@see #54074) we do not return these here.

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

string

getFormManagerAppInitialData()

Returns the json encoded data which is used by the form editor JavaScript app.


    protected
                    getFormManagerAppInitialData() : array<string|int, mixed>

Return values

array<string|int, mixed>

getLanguageService()

Returns the Language Service


    protected
                    getLanguageService() : LanguageService

Return values

LanguageService

getModuleUrl()

Wrapper used for unit testing.


    protected
                    getModuleUrl(string $moduleName[, array<string|int, mixed> $urlParameters = [] ]) : string

Parameters

$moduleName : string
$urlParameters : array<string|int, mixed> = []

Return values

string

getProcessedReferencesRows()

Returns an array with information about the references for a formDefinition identified by $persistenceIdentifier.


    protected
                    getProcessedReferencesRows(string $persistenceIdentifier) : array<string|int, mixed>

Parameters

$persistenceIdentifier : string

Return values

array<string|int, mixed>

getRecord()

Wrapper used for unit testing.


    protected
                    getRecord(string $table, int $uid) : array<string|int, mixed>|null

Parameters

$table : string
$uid : int

Return values

array<string|int, mixed>|null

getRecordTitle()

Wrapper used for unit testing.


    protected
                    getRecordTitle(string $table, array<string|int, mixed> $row[, bool $prep = false ]) : string

Parameters

$table : string
$row : array<string|int, mixed>
$prep : bool = false

Return values

string

getViewProperty()

Handles the path resolving for *rootPath(s)


    protected
                    getViewProperty(array<string|int, mixed> $extbaseFrameworkConfiguration, string $setting) : array<string|int, mixed>

numerical arrays get ordered by key ascending

Parameters

$extbaseFrameworkConfiguration : array<string|int, mixed>
$setting : string: parameter name from TypoScript

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

array<string|int, mixed>

htmlResponse()

Returns a response object with either the given html string or the current rendered view as content.


    protected
                    htmlResponse([string|null $html = null ]) : ResponseInterface

Parameters

$html : string|null = null

Return values

ResponseInterface

initializeAction()

Initializes the controller before invoking an action method.


    protected
                    initializeAction() : mixed

Override this method to solve tasks which all actions have in common.

initializeActionMethodArguments()

Implementation of the arguments initialization in the action controller: Automatically registers arguments of the current action


    protected
                    initializeActionMethodArguments() : mixed

Don't override this method - use initializeAction() instead.

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

initializeActionMethodValidators()

Adds the needed validators to the Arguments:


    protected
                    initializeActionMethodValidators() : mixed

Validators checking the data type from the @param annotation
Custom validators specified with validate annotations.
Model-based validators (validate annotations in the model)
Custom model validator classes

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

initializeModuleTemplate()

Init ModuleTemplate and register document header buttons


    protected
                    initializeModuleTemplate(ServerRequestInterface $request) : ModuleTemplate

Parameters

$request : ServerRequestInterface

Return values

ModuleTemplate

initializeView()

Initializes the view before invoking an action method.


    protected
                    initializeView(ViewInterface $view) : mixed

Deprecated

since v11, will be removed in v12: Drop method along with extbase ViewInterface.

Override this method to solve assign variables common for all actions or prepare the view in another way before the action is called.

Parameters

$view : ViewInterface: The view to be initialized

isValidTemplatePath()

Check if a given $templatePath for a given $prototypeName is valid and accessible.


    protected
                    isValidTemplatePath(string $prototypeName, string $templatePath) : bool

Valid template paths has to be configured within TYPO3.CMS.Form.formManager.selectablePrototypesConfiguration.[('identifier': $prototypeName)].newFormTemplates.[('templatePath': $templatePath)]

Parameters

$prototypeName : string
$templatePath : string

Return values

bool

jsonResponse()

Returns a response object with either the given json string or the current rendered view as content. Mainly to be used for actions / controllers using the JsonView.


    protected
                    jsonResponse([string|null $json = null ]) : ResponseInterface

Parameters

$json : string|null = null

Return values

ResponseInterface

mapRequestArgumentsToControllerArguments()

Maps arguments delivered by the request object to the local controller arguments.


    protected
                    mapRequestArgumentsToControllerArguments() : mixed

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

redirect()

Redirects the request to another action and / or controller.


    protected
                    redirect(string|null $actionName[, string|null $controllerName = null ][, string|null $extensionName = null ][, array<string|int, mixed>|null $arguments = null ][, int|null $pageUid = null ][, null $_ = null ][, int $statusCode = 303 ]) : never

Redirect will be sent to the client which then performs another request to the new URI.

Parameters

$actionName : string|null: Name of the action to forward to
$controllerName : string|null = null: Unqualified object name of the controller to forward to. If not specified, the current controller is used.
$extensionName : string|null = null: Name of the extension containing the controller to forward to. If not specified, the current extension is assumed.
$arguments : array<string|int, mixed>|null = null: Arguments to pass to the target action
$pageUid : int|null = null: Target page uid. If NULL, the current page uid is used
$_ : null = null: (optional) Unused
$statusCode : int = 303: (optional) The HTTP status code for the redirect. Default is "303 See Other

Return values

never

redirectToUri()

Redirects the web request to another uri.


    protected
                    redirectToUri(mixed $uri[, null $_ = null ][, int $statusCode = 303 ]) : never

Parameters

$uri : mixed: A string representation of a URI
$_ : null = null: (optional) Unused
$statusCode : int = 303: (optional) The HTTP status code for the redirect. Default is "303 See Other"

Return values

never

renderAssetsForRequest()

Method which initializes assets that should be attached to the response for the given $request, which contains parameters that an override can use to determine which assets to add via PageRenderer.


    protected
                    renderAssetsForRequest(RequestInterface $request) : mixed

This default implementation will attempt to render the sections "HeaderAssets" and "FooterAssets" from the template that is being rendered, inserting the rendered content into either page header or footer, as appropriate. Both sections are optional and can be used one or both in combination.

You can add assets with this method without worrying about duplicates, if for example you do this in a plugin that gets used multiple time on a page.

Parameters

$request : RequestInterface

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

resolveActionMethodName()

Resolves and checks the current action method name


    protected
                    resolveActionMethodName() : string

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

string —

Method name of the current action

resolveResourcePaths()

The functionality of this method has been removed because it caused problems with open_basedir restrictions.


    protected
                    resolveResourcePaths(array<string|int, mixed> $resourcePaths) : array<string|int, mixed>

See https://forge.typo3.org/issues/98545 for details. This method will be removed in TYPO3 v13.

Parameters

$resourcePaths : array<string|int, mixed>

Return values

array<string|int, mixed>

resolveView()

Prepares a view for the current action.


    protected
                    resolveView() : ViewInterface

By default, this method tries to locate a view with a name matching the current action.

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

Return values

ViewInterface

setViewConfiguration()


    protected
                    setViewConfiguration(ViewInterface $view) : mixed

Parameters

$view : ViewInterface

Internal

only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.

FormManagerController extends AbstractBackendController

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Constants

Properties

Methods

Constants

JS_MODULE_NAMES

Properties

$actionMethodName

$arguments

$configurationManager

$controllerContext

$databaseService

$defaultViewObjectName

$errorMethodName

$eventDispatcher

$formPersistenceManager

$formSettings

$hashService

$iconFactory

$limit

$moduleTemplateFactory

$mvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService

$objectManager

$pageRenderer

$reflectionService

$request

Tags

$responseFactory

$settings

$signalSlotDispatcher

$streamFactory

$uriBuilder

$validatorResolver

$view

Tags

Methods

__construct()

Parameters

addFlashMessage()

Parameters

Tags

createAction()

Parameters

Tags

Return values

deleteAction()

Parameters

Tags

duplicateAction()

Parameters

Tags

Return values

forward()

Parameters

Tags

Return values

getControllerContext()

Return values

indexAction()

Parameters

Return values

initializeControllerArgumentsBaseValidators()

initializeCreateAction()

initializeDuplicateAction()

initializeObject()

initializeReferencesAction()

injectConfigurationManager()

Parameters

injectEventDispatcher()

Parameters

injectFormPersistenceManager()

Parameters

injectHashService()

Parameters

injectInternalExtensionService()

Parameters

injectInternalFlashMessageService()

Parameters

injectMvcPropertyMappingConfigurationService()