Questions tagged [joomla-3.x]
For question regarding Joomla 3.x of the Content Management System. This includes versions 3.0 up to 3.8.
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com_ajax call is hitting function but not returning result from other function call
I'm using an ajax call that hits the immediate function fine, and then returns a dummy value via dump(). However, when I change it to call another function and get my data rather than using the dummy ...
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how to override mvc component in joomla 3?
How to override the any component controller model files using plugin in joomla is there any documentation for that?. I found documentation very old in joomla articles.
i have been trying to create a ...
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com_ajax resulting in immediate 500 error in Joomla module
I'm currently using the com_ajax component in order to make an internal ajax call/response in my custom module, but upon the ajax call I immediately get a 500 error.
This is the code in my default.php ...
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CB Conditional field not letting me add extra AND rows
I am trying to create a CB Conditional Field Show using an AND row, and it just won't let me. I can add OR rows to my heart's content, but not an AND row. I click on the 'Add AND rows' and not a ...
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Ajax call from module default.php file in order to fulfill a sql query
I have a fully working module in Joomla, but I'm struggling with the last piece which is sending a value from Javascript in my default.php file into the helper file, where it will be used in a sql ...
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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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Pass xml field inside module's helper class
I have a custom Joomla module. In the helper.php class, I need to pass XML field data.
Here is what I have so far.
class modcatbanerHelper {
// I need to pass here
public $selected_cat = $...
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JRoute does not show the URL it is supposed to
I have the following problem:
I set a URL with JRoute like this:
JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_gallery&view=gallery');
This gives me example.site/gallery, which is correct, however, if I ...
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How to change the default page in the Language Switcher?
I am creating a multi-language page in Joomla with 5 different languages.
Everything is ok except for the language switcher.
My home page is set for English, when I try to change the language from ...
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How to iterate over the "params" of an item ZOO Joomla?
The item of my interest is in the __zoo_item table. My query:
$query
->select($db->quoteName(array('params')))
->from($db->quoteName('#__zoo_item'));
$db->setQuery($query);
$...
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Contact Form Non Unique id #jform_id
Joomla 3.9.14
When I open a contact to edit their details and look in the browser console I can see the following notice;
[DOM] Found 2 elements with non-unique id #jform_id:
(More info: https://...
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Is it possible to get the page data in json format?
Wordpress offers the the ability to get the page in json format by adding /wp-json/ to the url.
Now my question is, does Joomla offer a similar option where I could retrieve the page in json format?
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Joomla 3 call model function inside controller
I want to call a function from model inside controller
my model : httpdocs/components/com_storemanager/models/searchmanager.php
<?php
/**
* @version CVS: 1.0.2
* @package ...
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article view - com_content not triggering content plugins when article is split
I've created a template override for the article view where the intro and the full text are invoked separately.
So, instead of
<div itemprop="articleBody">
<?php echo $this->item-...
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Joomla 3 return view with parameters
I'm using Joomla 3 and I have a controller with the function abc that should call a view with some parameters title & address
My controller :components/com_storemanager/controller.php
<?php
/...
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Joomla Tagged Blog of articles
I managed to create a 2 column blog view of articles on a Joomla 3.9 website using the guidance in this post, along with some additional linked advice on adding a "readmore":
How to show ...
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Display instructions or other text in Plugin
I would like to display some basic text, instructions and maybe a change log in HTML would be nice, under the first tab of my Plugin, what methods or techniques are available?
In my sample screen shot ...
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Share code between component templates
In a complex component, there will be a number of /views/viewname/tmpl/default.php (or similar) files. It is quite likely that different views will share common features. Duplicating code is generally ...
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SQL Injections using Jfactory::getDBO and setQuery() with LIKE condition
$db = JFactory::getDBO();
$searchP = JRequest::getVar('key');
$sql = "SELECT name FROM people LIKE " . "'%" . $searchP . "%'";
$db->setQuery($sql);
$fileR = $db->loadObjectList();
Will ...
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Manipulate values of form before sending
A customer of mine has a Joomla website with several forms. When submitting these forms an email is sent to my customer with the content. Unfortunately the preset values ("value if empty") ...
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Get menu-meta_description from menu item
I need to add meta description inside a component page. That's what I tried:
$menu = $app->getMenu(); // Load the JMenuSite Object
$active = $menu->getActive(); // Load the Active Menu ...
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Database query with OR WHERE and AND WHERE not working
I'm creating a custom search form in Joomla! to search articles from certain categories.
Here is my query:
$categories = array('2', '12', '16');
$query
->select(array('id', 'title', 'catid'))
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Product url problem after updating VirtueMart
In my VirtueMart Configuration under the SEO tab, I've checked "Use full category tree for product links"
so my products detail page default routing was like this:
example.com/cat1/subcat1/subcat2/...
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Multple urls for a product with multiply categories
I have a cctv camera shop and
I'm using the last version of joomla and virtuemart.
I have a "bullet hd camera" the categories are:
camera --> hd-camera --> bullet-hd-camera
bullet-hd-camera is ...
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Joomla 3.9: Menu item set to Separator is not clickable to reveal sub-menu items
I am building a website in Joomla, and I'm trying to make a menu in which some menu items should not have any article associated with it; clicking on them should only reveal the sub-menu items, but ...
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Fatal error: Call to undefined method InvalidArgumentException::getlevel() in l/libraries/legacy/error/error.php on line 536
I've done a website transfer from one hosting provider to another one. I managed to make the website live in the new hosting, but can't access the Joomla! administration area.
I get this error:
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Tracing source of this error: Call to a member function reorder() on boolean
Is there a way to trace this error:
Call to a member function reorder() on boolean
I'm checking my PHP Logs but this particular error isn't showing up there.
It happens when I'm trying to create ...
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"Failed deleting inaccessible file" error while updating JCE editor pro to 2.8.1
I am trying to update JCE editor pro to 2.8.1, but I get the following error:
Joomla\Filesystem\File::delete: Failed deleting inaccessible file controller.php
We are using PHP7.2 and Joomla 3.9.13 ...
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Why are all permissions allowed for every user group
For some reason I can't deny permissions to some actions. Everything has in green: Allowed (Super User). Even when the setting is set to denied.
For example here: in the public user group I set site ...
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How to redirect virtuemart user to orders page after registration
I used the VirtueMart component on the Joomla website and users must register an account through VirtueMart.
Users do not need to confirm their email address after registration and after registering, ...
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How to add GET parameter to CSS filename in plugin JCH Optimize (Joomla)
I cannot find an answer to for several weeks. Perhaps my experience in development is not so great :) One site uses the JCH Optimize plugin and I noticed that after clearing the old memory (cache), ...
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Ask for confirmation before extension update via update server
We are implementing an update server feature for our custom Joomla extension.
Is it possible to add confirmation text after selecting the extension and require the click of the update button before ...
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Connect to External Mongo
Is it possible to connect to an external mongo db or some other no sql database to get some data?
I don't mean to have no sql database as the main joomla installation. Joomla is installed to mariadb ...
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How to add default values to Joomla subform fields?
CMS Joomla has a standard subform field type. How to fill in the default values in it?
Field code in XML:
<field name="field-name" type="subform"
formsource="exampleform....
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What is the best way to create REST/SOAP/JSON Web Services for Joomla?
If I have to create Web Services (REST/SOAP APIs) for Joomla based website.
I have MySQL DataBase running with Joomla website and I wanted to create mobile apps for that.
By using same Database how ...
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Form-Fields-Fieldset-showon issue
For a component I have a field item_type that needs to be saved in its own database column for ease of searching, filtering etc, and a set of configurations which have global option defaults so are ...
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Install Joomla On Windows 10 And Use MS SQL As Back-End
I have Windows 10 and IIS up and running, I was wanting to know if there was a way to set-up Joomla with MS SQL on windows 10 and IIS?
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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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How to remove category from URL?
I have a little problem - I want to remove categories and submenus from URL in Joomla 3.9.3. Of course, I did basic things like removing ID from URLs, but removing category is like a milestone for me. ...
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When a user logs in it always goes to edit-your-profile page
Joomla version: Joomla! 3.10.1 Stable
PHP: 7.4
This joomla website doesn't have many plugins. I only have OneSocial plugin.
Anyways, I am willing to try any suggestions at this point, I have tried to ...
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Remove index.php - file on multlilingual Joomla Site
As supported by various posts, I did :
change the htaccess.txt - file name to .htaccess via FTP
set the URL - Rewrite Option in the Joomla Configuration Options to "YES"
Result:
- index.php is ...
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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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Individual user fine grained ACL is it possible in Joomla! 3.x
I was wondering if it was possible in Joomla! 3.x to have permissions down to individual user level.
Eg:
user A can see item X but not user B even if user B is in the same group or have the same ...
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Any “Link Preview” (like the facebook feature) in joomla editor?
I'm writing articles commenting diverse sources from the web (youtube video/news articles, blogs...).
To show which article I'm commenting I'm using an image (thumbnail + some text). So my article ...
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Change boolean field in JModelList table like "published"
Joomla 3.9.10.
I have custom component. In admin panel I show items list from one DB table with JModelList.
models/mycom.php:
class MyComModelMyCom extends JModelList {
public function getItems()...
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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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Joomla - User Custom Fields (Required for user on frontend, but not required on backend)
I am using custom fields in the user section. I am needing to set this required for the front-end users when they are editing their profile, etc. This is working as intended, however, I am needing a ...
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Visual code is unable to identify method inside model
I am using Microsoft Visual Code for custom Joomla development. The below code is from one of the controller php file.
Public function savecontact(){
Joomla\CMS\Session\Session::checkToken() ...
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Which one to use? grid.sort vs searchtools.sort
I have been looking at why column sort orders wouldn't change in the front list view of my component and found by changing
<?php echo HtmlHelper::_('searchtools.sort', 'JGRID_HEADING_ID',...
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How to conditionally filter the presentation of category when creating a new category/article?
I am looking for a solution for the following requirements:
Display only the category of first level when creating new category.
Display only the category of second level when creating article in ...