&JModuleHelper::getModule doesnt return parameters in joomla 3

Question

I am using an external to joomla script and I need to get a module's parameters.

In joomla 2.5, the code was working fine, but in j3 I have problems.

the code is:

define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
define('JPATH_BASE', getcwd().'/../../');
require_once ( JPATH_BASE.'includes/defines.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE.'includes/framework.php' );

/* Create the Application */
$app = JFactory::getApplication('site');


jimport( 'joomla.application.module.helper' );
$module = &JModuleHelper::getModule( 'mod_mailformmodule');
var_dump($module);

And I get:

object(stdClass)#43 (8) {
  ["id"]=>
  int(0)
  ["title"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["module"]=>
  string(18) "mod_mailformmodule"
  ["position"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["content"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["showtitle"]=>
  int(0)
  ["control"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["params"]=>
  string(0) ""
}

If anyone has an ide why the "params" field is an empty string, I would be gratefull.

Thank you.

Answer 1

It is most likely that you module does not meet the required criteria. Make sure:

1. It is enabled.
2. It is assigned to the current menu item or is assigned to all menu items.
3. The user meets the access level requirements.

I have just tested the following:

define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
define('JPATH_BASE', getcwd().'/../../');
require_once ( JPATH_BASE.'includes/defines.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE.'includes/framework.php' );

/* Create the Application */
$app = JFactory::getApplication('site');

jimport( 'joomla.application.module.helper' );
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'mod_login' );

$registry = new JRegistry();
$params = $registry->loadString($module->params);

print_r($params);

Which is an external script importing the Joomla 3.x library, and getting the login module object. Everything works perfectly fine.