Installation

Flare is a professional Contao bundle that requires Contao ^4.13 or ^5.0 and PHP ^8.2.

1. Install via Composer

You can install the bundle using Composer:

composer require heimrichhannot/contao-flare-bundle

2. Database Migration

After installation, update your Contao database schema using the Contao Manager or Contao Console:

php vendor/bin/contao-console contao:migrate

:::warning Upgrading to 0.1.10

Version 0.1.10 renames the database column tl_content.flare_list to tl_content.flare_listId. The old name collided with the flare_list Twig variable that holds the list view, which broke the default list view template.

Running contao:migrate is required after updating. A bundled migration performs the rename and preserves every existing list assignment on your list and reader content elements. Skipping it is the one way to lose those assignments.

The flare_list template variable is unchanged and still holds the view, so custom templates using flare_list.entries, flare_list.form and friends need no changes. Only code reading the raw content-element row field as an ID has to switch to flare_listId.

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3. Configuration

Flare is fully integrated into the Contao backend. You can find the main configuration under Layout → Listings  FLARE.

No additional bundle configuration with config files is required for basic usage.