Determining if on a Category Blog page or Article page

Question

I have a shop setup using J2Store, which sets up products as articles. On the main layout I use the Category Blog layout.

I have customised the addtocart.php file to add a View Product Information button. This button takes the user to the article page.

The issue is that on the article page the same addtocart.php file is used. So I would like a way to only show the button if I am on the category blog layout. Is there a way I can determine what page/layout I am on wether to show the button or not?

Answer 1

You're going to want to use JInput for this.

$jinput = JFactory::getApplication()->input;

$option = $jinput->getCmd('option'); // This gets the component
$view   = $jinput->getCmd('view');   // This gets the view
$layout = $jinput->getCmd('layout'); // This gets the view's layout

if ($option == 'com_content' && $view == 'category' && $layout == 'blog')
{
    // Show your button here
}