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Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a flexible structured document format that defines human- and machine-readable encoding rules.

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Can I use a single .xml file to install components, modules, plugins and media files?

As far as I know, <media> does not accept zip files in <filename>. I think you best options will be to create a script.php and use the postinstall() function to: Move the zip file to the media dire …
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Best way to include CSS/JS files in my custom extension

Then add the following to your XML file: <media folder="media" destination="mod_EXAMPLE"> <folder>css</folder> <folder>js</folder> </media> Change mod_EXAMPLE to whatever your module is. …
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'Menu Item' in Module's XML file

You can get the URL using the following: $itemid = $params->get('menuitem1', 0); $app = JFactory::getApplication(); $menu = $app->getMenu(); $link = $menu->getItem($itemid)->link; echo JRoute::_($l …
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Range form field type

When ever in doubt about Joomla's form fields, have a look at the following directory, where you will find each one. libraries/joomla/form/fields To get a range form field, you can use the follo …
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How to not overwrite specific file when installing extension update

Thought I'd expand on my comment. You're firstly going to need to add an install-uninstall-update script file to your component. Have a read of the Joomla Documentation on how to do this. Once you h …
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Pulling XML parameter to PHP file

So in your case, replace: name="Character Limit" with: name="character_limit" Note: Any XML parameter changes that are made when the plugin is installed, require you to "Save" once done. … Instead, use Jinput and an example can be seen here And version="1.0.5" at the top of your XML should be the Joomla version, not your plugin version ;) …
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How to conditionally show fields in module xml?

You can use Joomla's showon attribute in your field. Here's an exmaple: <field name="first" type="list" label="Select Something"> <option value="1">Option 1</option> <option value="2">Optio …
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Show article details from custom module

As far as I know, the SQL form field will always return the ID of an article. So you can get the title, into text and intro image, you can use Joomla's Table class: use Joomla\CMS\Table\Table; $arr …
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