:navigation-title: variable.typoscript
.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt

.. _fluidtypo3-vhs-variable-typoscript:

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variable.typoscript ViewHelper `<vhs:variable.typoscript>`
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Variable: TypoScript
====================

Accesses Typoscript paths. Contrary to the Fluid-native
`f:cObject` this ViewHelper does not render objects but
rather retrieves the values. For example, if you retrieve
a TypoScript path to a TMENU object you will receive the
array of TypoScript defining the menu - not the rendered
menu HTML.

A great example of how to use this ViewHelper is to very
quickly migrate a TypoScript-menu-based site (for example
currently running TemplaVoila + TMENU-objects) to a Fluid
ViewHelper menu based on `v:page.menu` or `v:page.breadCrumb`
by accessing key configuration options such as `entryLevel`
and even various `wrap` definitions.

A quick example of how to parse a `wrap` TypoScript setting
into two variables usable for a menu item:

::

    <!-- This piece to be added as far up as possible in order to prevent multiple executions -->
    <v:variable.set name="menuSettings" value="{v:variable.typoscript(path: 'lib.menu.main.stdWrap')}" />
    <v:variable.set name="wrap" value="{menuSettings.wrap -> v:iterator.explode(glue: '|')}" />

::

    <!-- This in the loop which renders the menu (see "VHS: manual menu rendering" in FAQ): -->
    {wrap.0}{menuItem.title}{wrap.1}

::

    <!-- An additional example to demonstrate very compact conditions which prevent wraps from being displayed -->
    {wrap.0 -> f:if(condition: settings.wrapBefore)}{menuItem.title}{wrap.1 -> f:if(condition: settings.wrapAfter)}


.. _fluidtypo3-vhs-variable-typoscript_arguments:

Arguments
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.. _variable.typoscript_path:

path
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:aspect:`DataType`
   string

:aspect:`Required`
   false
:aspect:`Description`
   Path to TypoScript value or configuration array