Normal function in Extbase controller <p>Is it possible to write a normal function in the controller? </p> <p>I want to clean up my code a bit, so I want to write some methods for repeated code segments, but I don't want to create a special class.</p> <p>How is it possible to do this?</p> <p>If I do a normal</p> <pre><code>private function xyz () {} </code></pre> <p>I got a <code>function not found</code> error.</p>