TypoScript random string generation

Question

Is it possible to automatically generate a mixed string of numbers and TypoScript letters, for example. 12A54 or something like that?

Answer 1

As already mentioned, there is no such function in Typoscript, so the preferred method should use some function of the PHP script, as suggested in other answers.

However, there is a cheat , and that will be using MySQL. Of course, this solution is only if you absolutely cannot (for the reason that I really can’t think of it) write a piece of custom PHP. Take it more as an academic answer than a practical one.

 temp.random = CONTENT temp.random { table = tt_content select { pidInList = 1 recursive = 99 max = 1 selectFields = SUBSTRING(MD5(RAND()) FROM 1 FOR 6) AS random_string } renderObj = TEXT renderObj { field = random_string case = upper } } 

NOTES:

• pidInList must point to an existing page.
• The MySQL command is just an example, since a string will never contain the letters GZ. I am sure it is possible to come up with a better string generated by MySQL.

Answer 2

I would prefer that userFunc on php include a script. For example, you can pass parameters to a user-defined function.

TypoScript:

 includeLibs.generateInvoiceNo= fileadmin/scripts/generateInvoiceNo.php temp.invoiceNo = USER temp.invoiceNo { userFunc =user_generateInvoiceNo->main } 

PHP:
fileadmin / scripts / generateInvoiceNo.php

 <? class user_generateInvoiceNo { var $cObj;// The backReference to the mother cObj object set at call time /** * Call it from a USER cObject with 'userFunc = user_generateInvoiceNo->main' */ function main($content,$conf){ $length = 6; $chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"; $number=substr(str_shuffle($chars),0,$length); return $number; } } ?> 

Loans:

• This php script
• TYPO3 Wizard in userFunc

Answer 3

Fixing TYPO3 sources for such simple tasks is the wrong idea. After the next source update, you will lose your changes.

Instead, it's better to include a simple PHP script where you can do what you need to check TSREF