Get com_contacts item by id?

Question

I need to get a com_contacts item the same way Joomla does (so I can re-use a template for example). I know I can get the item by querying the database directly, but that won't prepare things the same way Joomla das in com_content.

I can get contacts by category id fine with:

require_once JPATH_SITE . '/components/com_contact/helpers/route.php';
JLoader::import('joomla.application.component.model');
JModelLegacy::addIncludePath(JPATH_SITE . '/components/com_contact/models', 'ContentModel');
$categoryModel = JModelLegacy::getInstance('Category', 'ContactModel', array('ignore_request' => true));
$categoryModel->setState('category.id', 53);
$categoryModel->setState('list.ordering', 'a.name');
$categoryModel->setState('list.direction', 'asc');
$categoryModel->setState('filter.published', 1);
$contacts = $categoryModel->getItems();
echo '<pre><tt>';print_r($contacts[0]);

How would I get a contact item by it's item id?

TIA!

Answer 1

To get single contact by ID, use Contact model:

JModelLegacy::addIncludePath(JPATH_SITE . '/components/com_contact/models', 'ContactModel');
$model = JModelLegacy::getInstance('Contact', 'ContactModel', array('ignore_request' => true));
$model->setState('contact.id', $contactId);
$model->setState('params', $params);
$contact = $model->getItem();

Where $contactId is the contact's ID and $params is the params. Params must be a Registry object. You can create a new Registry object or use app/component params, depending on your needs:

use Joomla\Registry\Registry;
$params = new Registry;

or

$params = JFactory::getApplication()->getParams();

or

use Joomla\CMS\Component\ComponentHelper;
$params = ComponentHelper::getParams('com_contact');