Project Version (EXT:project_version)

What is project version?

Project version is a TYPO3 extension that adds an entry to the TYPO3 "System Information" dropdown in the backend toolbar. The entry shows the version of your project (not TYPO3's), taken either from a plain VERSION file, from the local git checkout or from a statically configured value.

Requirements

project_version	TYPO3	PHP
2.x	13.4, 14, 15	>= 8.2 (TYPO3 15 requires PHP 8.5)
1.x	8.7, 9.5	>= 7.0

TYPO3 v15 support is based on the current development branch (15.0.x-dev) and will be re-validated once 15.0 is released.

Installation

composer require kamiyang/ext-projectversion

Or, in a classic (non-composer) installation, install "Project Version" from the TYPO3 Extension Repository (TER).

No further setup is required. The extension registers a PSR-14 event listener for SystemInformationToolbarCollectorEvent and an icon; there is no TypoScript and no database table.

Usage

VERSION file (default)

Create a file called VERSION (case sensitive) containing the project version:

echo "1.0.0-rc.3" > VERSION

Relative paths are looked up in this order:

1. the public web directory (public/ in composer mode, the document root otherwise)
2. the project directory (the composer root in composer mode)

So both /var/www/html/public/VERSION and /var/www/html/VERSION work out of the box.

Custom path

The file name and location can be changed in the extension settings (Admin Tools > Settings > Extension Configuration > project_version, setting versionFilePath).

Configured path	Resolved to
(empty, default)	<public>/VERSION, then <project>/VERSION
MyVersion	<public>/MyVersion, then <project>/MyVersion
config/	<public>/config/VERSION, then <project>/config/VERSION
EXT:my_sitepackage/VERSION	the file inside the given extension
/srv/deploy/current/VERSION	absolute paths are used as given

A path ending with / is treated as a directory and VERSION is appended.

Git

Set mode to GIT (or GIT (VERSION file as fallback)) in the extension settings. The git binary must be available to the web server user and PHP's exec() must not be disabled. If git cannot be used, the fallback mode reads the VERSION file instead.

gitFormat controls what is displayed:

Format	Example
Revision	a1b2c3d
[revision] branch (default)	[a1b2c3d] main
[revision] tag	[a1b2c3d] v1.4.0
Branch	main
Tag	v1.4.0

Static version

Set mode to Static Version and put the value into staticVersion. Useful when the version is injected at deploy time via config/system/additional.php:

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS']['project_version']['mode'] = '3';
$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS']['project_version']['staticVersion'] = getenv('APP_VERSION') ?: 'dev';

Using the version in your own code

\KamiYang\ProjectVersion\Service\ProjectVersionService is a public service and can be injected:

public function __construct(private readonly ProjectVersionService $projectVersionService) {}

$version = $this->projectVersionService->getProjectVersion()->getVersion();

getVersion() returns a LLL: label when no version could be resolved; check isUnknown() first.

Upgrading from 1.x

Version 2.0 drops support for TYPO3 8.7 and 9.5 and requires PHP 8.2. Extension settings keep their names and values, so no reconfiguration is needed. Internal classes were renamed:

1.x	2.x
Backend\ToolbarItems\ProjectVersionSlot (signal/slot)	Backend\EventListener\SystemInformationListener (PSR-14)
Enumeration\ProjectVersionModeEnumeration	Enumeration\ProjectVersionMode (native enum)
Enumeration\GitCommandEnumeration	Enumeration\GitCommand, Enumeration\GitFormat (native enums)
Configuration\ExtensionConfiguration (static)	Configuration\ExtensionConfiguration (injectable service)
Facade\LocalizationUtilityFacade, Facade\SystemEnvironmentBuilderFacade	removed

Development

composer install
composer ci          # lint, php-cs-fixer, phpstan, phpunit
composer fix:cs      # apply coding standard

A docker based environment for TYPO3 13, 14 and 15 is described in .Build/README.md after the first composer install (the directory is git-ignored; copy the compose files from this repository's history or create your own).

License

GPL-3.0-or-later, see LICENSE.