How do I add a controller to my custom extension? TYPO3 9.5

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I'm fairly new to typo3..I've created my own content element based from this page:

https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/extensions/fluid_styled_content/7.6/AddingYourOwnContentElements/Index.html

I've got the field values displayed on the front-end, i'm now trying to pass the field values to a fluid form and want to know how I instantiate a controller so I can retrieve the values?

anybody know how to do this?

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Have you added your current work to a page? If yes, can u search the current record in the database and tell us what you find in the column CType? – nito
Please post the code that you got so far, content element || plugin, both are not so complicated, we just need to know what you got and want. – nito
Please write a little bit about what your content element should do. You may want to create a plugin using the Extbase framework with Controller actions. This is a different approach from what is described in the above mentioned documentation. You may want to look at docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/book-extbasefluid/master/en-us/… – Sybille Peters

2 Answers

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Content elements do not use a Controller. Extensions on the other hand use a controller.

What you have to do, is to get the data via database queries and you can achieve that via TypoScript and to be more specific, dataProcessing. You can get an idea how here:

https://learn-typo3.com/blog/news-detail/how-to-create-custom-content-elements-on-typo3

or here

https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-typoscript/master/en-us/ContentObjects/Fluidtemplate/Index.html#dataprocessing

Best regards

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If I explain in brief, custom fluid elements in the TYPO3 and TYPO3 extension both are different things.

What you have done...

You have created the custom fluid element which is using existing tt_content fields (or custom added fields). With this, you can use the element directly as part of fluid_styled_content. The link you have provided is referring to the same!

What you're looking for...

You need a controller that means you need a custom extension. However, I am not sure what you want to archive. You can find a reference for how to create an extension for TYPO3.

Hope this helps you!