Check if module is enabled

Question

I'm currently trying to check if a specific module is enabled by using Joomla's JModuleHelper::isEnabled(), however the problem being is that it is always returning false, despite whether it is actually enabled or not.

Having looked at the Docs, I've written the following:

jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');        
$freichat = JModuleHelper::isEnabled('FreiChat-I');

if($freichat) {
    $message = 'Enabled';
}
else {
    $message = 'Disabled';
}

$application = JFactory::getApplication();
$application->enqueueMessage( $message, 'warning');

I've tried changing FreiChat-I to login, which then always returns true, despite being enabled or disabled.

Is there a known bug that I'm unaware of or am I simply doing something stupid here?

Answer 1

JModuleHelper::isEnabled() does not seem to account for any type of case sensitivity. So for example, using @Bakual's answer, your options are actually either mod_breadcrumbs or breadcrumbs (not Breadcrumbs)

Likewise, in your case, you would want to do JModuleHelper::isEnabled('freichat'). From looking at the table, everything will always be lowercase, so if you pass in a capital letter, you will get false.

Also, note that the extension not only has to be installed and enabled, but there much be an instance of the module published on the site.

Answer 2

The API page is here: http://api.joomla.org/cms-3/classes/JModuleHelper.html#method_isEnabled

You need to either pass the name of the module or the folder of it. So for the breadcrumbs module it would be either 'Breadcrumbs' or 'mod_breadcrumbs'. You can't use the title of the module.

Without knowing the name or folder of your module, I can't tell you more.

Answer 3

public static function isEnabled($module);

Checks if a module is enabled. A given module will only be returned if it meets the following criteria: it is enabled, it is assigned to the current menu item or all items, and the user meets the access level requirements.

Update

You can use a db query instead:

$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$db->setQuery("SELECT `published` FROM `#__modules` WHERE `title` = 'Breadcrumbs'");
$is_enabled = $db->loadResult();

Answer 4

Thanks to everyone for taking them time to answer.

Having looked at the #__extensions table, I noticed that the enabled column was not being updated, even when I had, disabled a module, removed its position and unassigned it from all pages.

In the end, I decided to run a database query to check the existence of mod_freichatx in the table and display the enqueueMessage accordingly.