Questions tagged [custom-component]
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Custom Component Error on Save / Edit: Save failed with the following error: Prepared statement needs to be re-prepared
I have here a really curious issue in Joomla 5.0.0 on a custom component I'm building right now. In one of the views i cannot save edits on existing elements (create new elements is not an issue at ...
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Export as Excel with PHPSpreadsheet as download how to keep Joomla Messages?
In my custom Joomla 5 component I've added PHPSpreadsheet via composer. In the Export View (Backend) i have a small adminform for setting up the export and a submit button that toggles the download by ...
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How to set error in component code for FormController
I'm creating a custom J3.x component.
I'm manually adding my own error notices where needed via
JFactory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage()
However, when a record is not saved by my component, ...
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Trying to add subform field to existing component xml
I've added the following into my components XML file :
<field name="activity_name" type="subform" label="Activity" description="" multiple="true&...
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J5. Activate Tab key and Indent in Codemirror in custom component
Codemirror v6 looks like not so easy to configure as previous versions. In my custom component I get codemirror editor with this code who use for options sintax like v5:
$editor = Editor::getInstance('...
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Custom admin menu creation - parent_id and level values are resetting to zero
I want to programmatically create some admin menu items for my component and I'm most of the way there, but I can't seem to set the hierarchy for them. I am wanting three menu items - one as the ...
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Custom module doesn't work, messing up all page, messing up editor
I am using Joomla! 3.7.5 and JA Builder. I'm trying to create a block with custom module. Once I create it, paste code and assign position, then in page editor add block with widget - position and ...
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Call a function using AJAX from a Joomla-View to retrieve data from the DB
i have coded a little component to administrate books for a histroy club. I added some views to deiplay different tables with book date. So far everythign works.
In fact the DB access and the building ...
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How to use Joomla.listItemTask in Custom Component
Hi i need an example on how to implement a simple on / off toggler in a Joomla 4/5 Custom Component's list view.
I've tried the following code but i did not get any reaction in the model / idk how to ...
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What is the proper way to use content.prepare?
I am trying to put a module inside another component. According to https://www.joomlashack.com/blog/joomla-how-to/module-position-component/ I can put
<?php echo JHtml::_('content.prepare', '{...
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URL doesn't recognize view after slash in custom component
The view in my custom component is no longer recognized in Joomla4 when passed as, for example, mycomponent/view/anotherinfo.
In Joomla3, this worked normally. What happened? What do I need to change ...
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How to return Http 401 on Joomla Administrator for an unauthenticated user?
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How can I have /administrator/index.php?option=COM_MYCOMPONENT&controller=MYCONTROLLER&task=MYTASK return a "401 Unauthorized" HTTP error instead of redirecting to the ...
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Joomla 3.x routing and slug problem
I have 1 component with 2 views - default is view1 - secondary is view2.
When I associate it with the menu from the backend, Joomla creates the correct url with alias for SEO.
Example: www.sitename....
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SEF url and custom view
Was able to create a custom component and a custom view which I went ahead and attached a js library to.
Now to achieve my desired functionality I need to create a custom url(SEF) in my route.php file,...
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Is it possible to create a component "addon"?
I've created a component for handling a multitude of things for my clients, but I frequently get feedback that certain sections aren't needed or that additional sections are desired. The first ...
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Render Custom Fields in Admin edit view
I want to add custom fields to my component. My admin edit view uses bootstrap tabs:
<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('uitab.startTabSet', 'myTab', array('active' => 'general')); ?>
<?php echo ...
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Getting Editor to show on front (site) of website
I'm trying to display to users an editor in the front end of my website (in a logged in area)
I have:
// IMPORT EDITOR CLASS
jimport( 'joomla.html.editor' );
// GET EDITOR SELECTED IN GLOBAL SETTINGS
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Custom Component - Copy / Archive record when values change
For a custom component, I want to incorporate a way of keeping track of changes made to records in specific tables.
For example, when the mileage value of a car is changed, the record having the old ...
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Load language files inside custom library
I have a a library inside \libraries\mylib\.
That library contains an include.php which uses following to load language files that are also inside a /language folder in the library:
$lang = JFactory:...
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Set Field Value in Custom List field that is used inside a extended SubformField Class in Multiple Mode
My brain hurts,
I'm using a custom listfield inside a subform in multiple mode, the rendering works as expected (two elements in database > two elements in the form). but i'm not able to set the ...
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How to override "Select an option" header for SQL and list fields
In my custom component, inside the forms, I have several list fields.
Some are normal list fields, others are sql fields.
All of these show "Select an option" as a header.
I can't find the way to ...
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how to update item by using ajax on custom component joomla 4
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My component was a bit old. So I started to do it again on joomla 4. I have been looking for a few days, how to update or create data items by using Ajax in joomla 4.
i found a lot of feedback ...
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Where do I add php code to submit an HTML form?
I am new to Joomla, and so far, I used the basics to make a simple website. I decided to try out making a component, using JCB, that has a database of a list of items, and for each item, there is a ...
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Custom component: Export items to CSV -> Changing searchbar causes a new download
I would like to export all selected items from the items-view of my component.
To do so I modified my view and inserted a new button to the
JToolBarHelper::custom('items.exportcsv', 'download', '', ...
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Joomla 4 Custom Component > Custom Fields Integration
I'm curently developing a (free) Custom Joomla 4.x component. Now im struggeling while implementing Custom Fields support for my first (and currently only) context. The issue is that the "Fields&...
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J4 Component: Add Modified By and Modified On Database Record when using JForm and an AdminModel Model
I am creating a new Joomla J4 component for my website. I have previously created components in J3 using Akeeba's Framework on Framework. For J4 I'm working to learn how to create a J4 MVC native ...
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How to resolve the Internal Server Error with my custom components calendar in Joomla 4?
I try to make a custom calendar in my custom component in Joomla 4. For that I write a code who connect to a database and retrieve the data. For that I have 3 files : default.php, ...
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Joomla 4: Adding category parameter(s)
How do I get the solution for this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18975896/adding-category-parameters to work on Joomla 4?
My extension includes various categories, which I've named "[...
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Different results on localhost than on remote site
I get the following error on my remote site (hostgator), but not on my local localhost site. It only happens for the component I am developing, not for the native banners or contacts components.
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Front End Management of Joomla Users
Joomla 3.9.20
I know there's no default way of managing Joomla users on the front end (a huge drawback of Joomla imo). There appears to be some commercial extensions and components that do this, but ...
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How to register {my namespace]\Site\Service\Category?
My component is using Joomla Categories and I'm using the following code to fetch a category:
$component = Joomla\CMS\Factory::getApplication()->bootComponent('com_khub');
$category = $component-&...
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Error: The form "adminForm" is required to perform the task, but the form was not found on the page
I'm developing a component. At admin at the list of item, I get this error when I click on the + New button:
[Error] Error: The form "adminForm" is required to perform the task, but the form ...
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Link to component appears empty
I created a simple component, which appears as expected at the admin side.
If I link the component using a menu item, everything seems to be finde. Component appears in selector, component's views ...
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Joomla 4 not unzipping custom component update package
I have developed a custom Joomla 4 component called "com_news" and successfully implemented the update functionality before. However, now I am encountering an issue where Joomla can't unzip ...
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Joomla 4 Upgrade issue with custom component
I have a custom component that I've inherited. I've upgraded the site to Joomla 4 with no problems but when going to the frontend, am getting an error:
Fatal error: Class CloudCardModelCard contains 1 ...
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Display only one Category and its sub-categories
I have created a custom filter.xml to search for specific documents.
Using Joomla's category system, I have also create 3 main categories. Courtrolls, Newsletter and communique.
In my filter form, I ...
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How to dynamically reload admin-form-fields in Joomla
In a custom component, I'm developing an admin form with 2 fields, a combo-box for jobTitles and checkboxes for technologies. Both fields are loaded from a database table.
The values of the checkbox ...
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Custom component categories missing after upgrade from 3.10 to 4.x
I have a custom component that integrates com_categories in it, after upgrading from joomla 3.10 to 4.x, and fixing all the errors of my component on joomla 4.x, when accessing the categories menu, ...
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(4.1 -> 4.2) Attempted to load class TemplateComponent from namespace Joomla\Component\Administrator\Extension calling $app->getTemplate
I have a file test.php that manually loads the Joomla framework and prints template parameters.
<?php
// test.php, located in the same directory that index.php is
define('_JEXEC', 1);
define('...
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How to build an Imagefield like string in PHP
I want to use Joomla's way to handle images in my component. My component offers a field to select a folder where some images are stored (used as gallery upon the related item). In dev everything ...
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Proper way to access Component config from API?
I am building a custom admin component for Joomla!4 that includes an API.
To access the component's config I am using, on the API Controller file:
$params = ComponentHelper::getComponent('...
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Custom J4 Component - Multiple Models & Different Category "Groups"?
I have a Custom J4 Component that should have different types of contents. So called "items" and "packages". The items are done so far and using the default J4 categories via "...
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What is the best way to have pages displaying articles from our custom content table in Joomla 4.1?
Related: Is it possible to make it so that authors can edit their own published articles creating a new unpublished version of them?
The answer to that question is "In Joomla 4 it is, but authors ...
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Custom J4 Component Problems with Multilingual Associations: Edit Associations
I've on the way to create my first native J4 Component by using Astrid's Tutorial (Link) - I've already figured out that some of the code parts are not fully J4 conform, but i was able to "update&...
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How can I clear the cache for the params of a custom component?
I am working on a custom component and it works as intended as long as I do not have cache enabled.
In the admin section of the component, I have a view that can change the "component params":
$...
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J4 component URL not SEF
Context: I have a component that works fine in J3 and I want to migrate it to J4.
Problem: When I create a menu (Joomla main menu) on the frontend view of the component, in J4 only, the URL is not SEF ...
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Backend modal toolbar button that gets activated when list item selected
Creating a Toolbarbutton which needs a selected list item for dropdown:
$childBar->standardButton('delete')->icon('icon-arrow-right')->text('delete')->task('delete')->listCheck(true);
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How to create a (better) development environment for Joomla 4
I have been writing a custom joomla 4.x component. It's not working. But rather than getting people here to debug my code I want to know how to set up a proper development environment that will give ...
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modal popup just after login
I am new to the Joomla world and I have to face a difficult problem.
I have to make sure that immediately after logging in to the user, a modal popup with a select box is proposed.
The content of the ...
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How does a custom component store config.xml information
I've been developing a custom component on Joomla 4 for a few months now and I've finally got round to working on the access and permissions side of things. Whenever I try to access the Options for my ...
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