About

The extension extends existing fe_users records. Another type location is added with different fields.

The set of fields is reduced to a minimum.

Installation

Install as usual via composer or extension manager. In addition to extension, you also need a Google Map API Key. And need to include the provided static TypoScript template. For further information about the key, see Configuration.

Configuration

Configuration is done via Constants Editor where each field provides further information.

You need to activate Google Maps JavaScript API for displaying google maps, and Google Maps Geocoding API for geocoding of addresses.

Usage

TYPO3 Backend

Insert a new frontend user, select type Location and fill out the fields. As soon as an address is provided, latitude and longitude will be geocoded via Google Maps API. As soon as latitude and longitude are provided, a Google Map is shown in the edit form.

Command controller

The extension provides a command controller to update all existing frontend users with latitude and longitude:

typo3cms geocode:feuser

The command controller makes use of logging, so adding a logger to see what's going on is possible.

Form finisher

To enable geocoding for data submitted by form, enable the provided finisher:

TYPO3:
    CMS:
        Form:
            prototypes:
                standard:
                    finishersDefinition:
                        GeocodeFrontendUser:
                            implementationClassName: Codappix\CdxFeuserLocations\Domain\Finishers\GeocodeFrontendUserFinisher

Afterwards use the provider in your form and make use of the provided latitude and longitude. If they could not be fetched, both will be zero.

Due to https://forge.typo3.org/issues/82833 the values are always strings.

finishers:
    -
        identifier: GeocodeFrontendUser
    -
        identifier: SaveToDatabase
        options:
            1:
                table: 'fe_users'
                mode: insert
                databaseColumnMappings:
                    lat:
                        value: '{Geocode.lat}'
                    lng:
                        value: '{Geocode.lng}'

Currently the encoding just works if the submitted form provides the following fields: address, zip, city and country.

If this does not work for you, please provide a Pull Request.