TYPO3 Core

Can confirm this issue is still present in Typo3 8.7.8 using PHP v. 7.1

It seems to me, that the entire block of code which parses fieldnames containing a "." is not necessary, perpaps a change somewhere else has rendered it useless?

I tried commenting out the entire block shown below in typo3/sysext/cshmanual/Classes/Controller/HelpController.php line 105-125 and that fixes the problem.

Can anyone confirm this?

    /**
     * Show a single manual
     *
     * @param string $table
     * @param string $field
     */
    public function detailAction($table = '', $field = '*')
    {
        if (empty($table)) {
            $this->forward('index');
        }

        $mainKey = $table;
        // $identifierParts = GeneralUtility::trimExplode('.', $field);
        // // The field is the second one
        // if (count($identifierParts) > 1) {
        //     array_shift($field);
        //     // There's at least one extra part
        //     $extraIdentifierInformation = [];
        //     $extraIdentifierInformation[] = array_shift($identifierParts);
        //     // If the ds_pointerField contains a comma, it means the choice of FlexForm DS
        //     // is determined by 2 parameters. In this case we have an extra identifier part
        //     if (strpos($GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['columns'][$field]['config']['ds_pointerField'], ',') !== false) {
        //         $extraIdentifierInformation[] = array_shift($identifierParts);
        //     }
        //     // The remaining parts make up the FlexForm field name itself (reassembled with dots)
        //     $flexFormField = implode('.', $identifierParts);
        //     // Assemble a different main key and switch field to use FlexForm field name
        //     $mainKey .= '.' . $field;
        //     foreach ($extraIdentifierInformation as $extraKey) {
        //         $mainKey .= '.' . $extraKey;
        //     }
        //     $field = $flexFormField;
        // }

        $this->view->assignMultiple([
            'table' => $table,
            'key' => $mainKey,
            'field' => $field,
            'manuals' => $field === '*' ? $this->tableManualRepository->getTableManual($mainKey) : [$this->tableManualRepository->getSingleManual($mainKey, $field)],
        ]);
    }

Hi Gerald,

thank you for that issue and thank you Jesper for the code.
Sometimes it's better to create a patch for TYPO3 to speed things up.
I have tested your code against tt_content columns, CType FlexForm fields with and without settings.*. All works.
Let's see what Core Team things about it.

Stefan

Patch set 1 for branch 9.5 of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/c/Packages/TYPO3.CMS/+/63223