Direct User to Extension Options Page on Install

Question

I've got a plugin that's a package with 4-5 sub-packages. When the package completes installation, I would like to direct the user automatically to my options page to configure the plugin. I've hunted around, and I don't see how to do that.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use the postflight method in your install script for this, like so:

class Com_MyComponentInstallerScript
{
    protected $extension = 'com_mycomponent';

    public function postflight($type, $parent)
    {
        JFactory::getApplication()->redirect(JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_config&view=component&component=' . $this->extension));
    }
}