Echo an items label in a module

Question

I have used the Joomla Component Creator to make a component and a module.

Now I'm trying to modify the output of the module.

I can use

echo ($element->my_field)

to echo the value of my field in the module. But I cannot figure out how to echo the field label.

In helper.php there is a function to render headers which looks like this:

public static function renderTranslatableHeader(&$params, $field)
    {
        return JText::_(
            'MOD_VECKOMATSEDEL_HEADER_FIELD_' . str_replace('#__', '', strtoupper($params->get('table'))) . '_' . strtoupper($field)
        );
    }

I create this variable in my module

$label = ModVeckomatsedelHelper::renderTranslatableHeader($params, $params->get('field'));

if I then echo $label it echoes the label of the first field in the table.

How can I pass the field name as an argument?

My guess was echo $label->my_field but that's not correct.

Answer 1

The renderTranslatableHeaderfunction returns a string based on JText (multilanguage purpose). If I've understood correctly your question, just add the field name to the function's second parameter and it will give you back the translated label from language file.

$label_to_print = ModVeckomatsedelHelper::renderTranslatableHeader($params,"fieldname");