diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/ExtendedTemplateService.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/ExtendedTemplateService.php
index a75be9086dd7ee0067c68b4c42e54df7dffb653f..b5a7f20dba1eecc56430b48315fb8633ad881468 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/ExtendedTemplateService.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/ExtendedTemplateService.php
@@ -679,7 +679,6 @@ class ExtendedTemplateService extends TemplateService
<td align="center">' . ($row['clConst'] ? $statusCheckedIcon : '') . '</td>
<td align="center">' . ($row['pid'] ?: '') . '</td>
<td align="center">' . ($RL >= 0 ? $RL : '') . '</td>
- <td>' . ($row['next'] ? $row['next'] : '') . '</td>
</tr>';
if ($deeper) {
$keyArray = $this->ext_getTemplateHierarchyArr($arr[$key . '.'], $depthData . ($first ? '' : '<span class="treeline-icon treeline-icon-' . $LN . '"></span>'), $keyArray);
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/TemplateService.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/TemplateService.php
index 84f9e8441414d709f5162f72bf02d5c0374fc538..fc61166e5f3f0279b7c26091e99359b4610ae5ca 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/TemplateService.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/TemplateService.php
@@ -159,13 +159,6 @@ class TemplateService
*/
protected $hierarchyInfoToRoot = [];
- /**
- * Next-level flag (see runThroughTemplates())
- *
- * @var int
- */
- protected $nextLevel = 0;
-
/**
* The Page UID of the root page
*
@@ -535,28 +528,6 @@ class TemplateService
$c = count($this->absoluteRootLine);
$queryBuilder = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getQueryBuilderForTable('sys_template');
for ($a = 0; $a < $c; $a++) {
- // If some template loaded before has set a template-id for the next level, then load this template first!
- if ($this->nextLevel) {
- $queryBuilder->setRestrictions($this->queryBuilderRestrictions);
- $queryResult = $queryBuilder
- ->select('*')
- ->from('sys_template')
- ->where(
- $queryBuilder->expr()->eq(
- 'uid',
- $queryBuilder->createNamedParameter($this->nextLevel, \PDO::PARAM_INT)
- )
- )
- ->execute();
- $this->nextLevel = 0;
- if ($row = $queryResult->fetch()) {
- $this->versionOL($row);
- if (is_array($row)) {
- $this->processTemplate($row, 'sys_' . $row['uid'], $this->absoluteRootLine[$a]['uid'], 'sys_' . $row['uid']);
- }
- }
- }
-
$where = [
$queryBuilder->expr()->eq(
'pid',
@@ -702,7 +673,6 @@ class TemplateService
// Creating hierarchy information; Used by backend analysis tools
$this->hierarchyInfo[] = ($this->hierarchyInfoToRoot[] = [
'root' => trim($row['root'] ?? ''),
- 'next' => $row['nextLevel'] ?? null,
'clConst' => $clConst,
'clConf' => $clConf,
'templateID' => $templateID,
@@ -727,12 +697,6 @@ class TemplateService
$this->rootId = $pid;
$this->rootLine = [];
}
- // If a template is set to be active on the next level set this internal value to point to this UID. (See runThroughTemplates())
- if ($row['nextLevel'] ?? null) {
- $this->nextLevel = $row['nextLevel'];
- } else {
- $this->nextLevel = 0;
- }
}
/**
@@ -1240,7 +1204,6 @@ class TemplateService
$rootTemplateId = $this->hierarchyInfo[count($this->hierarchyInfo) - 1]['templateID'] ?? null;
$defaultTemplateInfo = [
'root' => '',
- 'next' => '',
'clConst' => '',
'clConf' => '',
'templateID' => '_defaultTypoScript_',
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Breaking-88640-DatabaseFieldSys_templatenextLevelAndTypoScriptSublevel-InheritanceRemoved.rst b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Breaking-88640-DatabaseFieldSys_templatenextLevelAndTypoScriptSublevel-InheritanceRemoved.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f5e8f0c620fd233edd3aae1b388b1ca059fcbce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Documentation/Changelog/master/Breaking-88640-DatabaseFieldSys_templatenextLevelAndTypoScriptSublevel-InheritanceRemoved.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+.. include:: ../../Includes.txt
+
+========================================================================================================
+Breaking: #88640 - Database field "sys_template.nextLevel" and TypoScript sublevel - inheritance removed
+========================================================================================================
+
+See :issue:`88640`
+
+Description
+===========
+
+The database field `nextLevel` of the database table `sys_template` where TypoScript configuration
+is stored, has been removed.
+
+The field `nextLevel` was introduced in TYPO3 v3.x before TypoScript could be imported from
+external files.
+
+Nowadays, TypoScript conditions should be used much more instead of this `nextLevel` feature,
+which is kind of a pseudo-condition.
+
+
+Impact
+======
+
+The database field is removed, and not evaluated anymore in TypoScript compilation.
+
+Requesting the database field in custom database queries will result in an SQL error.
+
+
+Affected Installations
+======================
+
+TYPO3 installations that have `sys_template` records with this flag activated,
+or querying this database field in third-party extensions.
+
+
+Migration
+=========
+
+Check for existing `sys_template` records having this flag activated by executing
+this SQL command:
+
+:sql:`SELECT * FROM sys_template WHERE nextLevel>0 AND deleted=0;`
+
+before updating TYPO3 Core.
+
+Replace the sys_template record (the uid of the record is stored in the "nextLevel" field) with a condition e.g. :ts:`[tree.level > 1]` to add TypoScript for subpages.
+
+.. index:: Database, NotScanned
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Configuration/TCA/sys_template.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Configuration/TCA/sys_template.php
index d8e786f68b268838905b421cb4aa978d62d98f10..034958538a764fc952ecda9760846b15714bc302 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Configuration/TCA/sys_template.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Configuration/TCA/sys_template.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ return [
'searchFields' => 'title,constants,config'
],
'interface' => [
- 'showRecordFieldList' => 'title,clear,root,basedOn,nextLevel,sitetitle,description,hidden,starttime,endtime'
+ 'showRecordFieldList' => 'title,clear,root,basedOn,sitetitle,description,hidden,starttime,endtime'
],
'columns' => [
'title' => [
@@ -123,18 +123,6 @@ return [
'softref' => 'email[subst],url[subst]'
],
],
- 'nextLevel' => [
- 'label' => 'LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:sys_template.nextLevel',
- 'config' => [
- 'type' => 'group',
- 'internal_type' => 'db',
- 'allowed' => 'sys_template',
- 'size' => 1,
- 'maxitems' => 1,
- 'minitems' => 0,
- 'default' => '',
- ]
- ],
'include_static_file' => [
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:sys_template.include_static_file',
'config' => [
@@ -229,7 +217,7 @@ return [
--div--;LLL:EXT:core/Resources/Private/Language/Form/locallang_tabs.xlf:general,
title, sitetitle, constants, config,
--div--;LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:sys_template.tabs.options,
- clear, root, nextLevel,
+ clear, root,
--div--;LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:sys_template.tabs.include,
includeStaticAfterBasedOn, include_static_file, basedOn, static_file_mode,
--div--;LLL:EXT:core/Resources/Private/Language/Form/locallang_tabs.xlf:access,
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf
index 27f561df0dbd6726f33f89c785e1808882da36e8..60d3d5d93fd6b2c3ded193c7c032f52d367c20c7 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf
@@ -489,9 +489,6 @@
<trans-unit id="sys_template.resources">
<source>Resources</source>
</trans-unit>
- <trans-unit id="sys_template.nextLevel">
- <source>Template on Next Level</source>
- </trans-unit>
<trans-unit id="sys_template.include_static_file">
<source>Include static (from extensions)</source>
</trans-unit>
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/Tca/TemplateVisibleFieldsTest.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/Tca/TemplateVisibleFieldsTest.php
index e95e897713952a68ed43d24872914abbd0aec889..bdccaa473e11d29c69377ceed7223611ad0b4bfe 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/Tca/TemplateVisibleFieldsTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/Tca/TemplateVisibleFieldsTest.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class TemplateVisibleFieldsTest extends \TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Functional\
'description',
'clear',
'root',
- 'nextLevel',
'includeStaticAfterBasedOn',
'include_static_file',
'basedOn',
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/ext_tables.sql b/typo3/sysext/frontend/ext_tables.sql
index e139e2125f37739344d495485da6776117d29b74..c9e6cc768c0150f86f9c0847c76cf99c67590d42 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/ext_tables.sql
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ CREATE TABLE sys_template (
include_static_file text,
constants text,
config text,
- nextLevel varchar(5) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
basedOn tinytext,
includeStaticAfterBasedOn tinyint(4) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
static_file_mode tinyint(4) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_analyzer.xlf b/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_analyzer.xlf
index eae30d95d8d8ebffd93ecaa22cdb72f63173abdb..e054bd1431656a470401cb77c0042b498ac90c33 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_analyzer.xlf
+++ b/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_analyzer.xlf
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
<trans-unit id="rootline">
<source>Rootline</source>
</trans-unit>
- <trans-unit id="nextLevel">
- <source>Next Level</source>
- </trans-unit>
<trans-unit id="templateHierarchy">
<source>Template hierarchy</source>
</trans-unit>
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/Resources/Private/Templates/TemplateAnalyzerModuleFunction.html b/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/Resources/Private/Templates/TemplateAnalyzerModuleFunction.html
index 8d18843a8833c4123e10713bfb439af28ca0f0f8..ac2712afcad96eb34f6d940fa1ff5cfce43a642e 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/Resources/Private/Templates/TemplateAnalyzerModuleFunction.html
+++ b/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/Resources/Private/Templates/TemplateAnalyzerModuleFunction.html
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
<th><f:translate key="{LLPrefix}clearConstants"/></th>
<th><f:translate key="{LLPrefix}pid"/></th>
<th><f:translate key="{LLPrefix}rootline"/></th>
- <th><f:translate key="{LLPrefix}nextLevel"/></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<f:format.raw>{hierarchy}</f:format.raw>