How to determine if the user is viewing the front page - Revision history

Wilsonge: Remove 1.6 and 1.7 tags and add 3.x

2013-04-29T12:29:55Z

Remove 1.6 and 1.7 tags and add 3.x

Wilsonge: Remove 1.6 and 1.7 tags and add 3.x

2013-04-29T12:29:36Z

Remove 1.6 and 1.7 tags and add 3.x

Hutchy68: version template for 4 versions of Joomla

2012-09-13T19:23:38Z

version template for 4 versions of Joomla

Hutchy68: /* {{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} {{JVer|2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 */ JVer/multi called for 3 icons

2012-09-13T19:22:44Z

‎{{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} {{JVer|2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5: JVer/multi called for 3 icons

Chris Davenport: Removed unnecessary PHP open/close tags.

2012-04-04T22:30:11Z

Removed unnecessary PHP open/close tags.

Infograf768: /* {{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} {{JVer|2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 */

2012-02-18T16:31:17Z

‎{{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} {{JVer|2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5

Infograf768: /* {{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} {{JVer|2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 */

2012-02-18T16:28:42Z

‎{{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} {{JVer|2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5

Infograf768: /* {{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 */

2012-02-18T09:34:28Z

‎{{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} Joomla 1.6 and 1.7

Infograf768: /* {{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 */

2011-10-08T07:06:57Z

‎{{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} Joomla 1.6 and 1.7

Chris Davenport: Amended code for 1.6, 1.7 and multi-lingual sites. Thanks JM.

2011-06-18T10:13:35Z

Amended code for 1.6, 1.7 and multi-lingual sites. Thanks JM.

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:29, 29 April 2013
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−	{{version\|1.0,1.5,1.6,1.~~7,2.5~~}}== {{JVer\|1.0}} Joomla 1.0 ==	+	{{version\|1.0,1.5,2.5,3.x}}== {{JVer\|1.0}} Joomla 1.0 ==

	In Joomla! 1.0.x it was possible to determine if the user was viewing the front page by using code like this:		In Joomla! 1.0.x it was possible to determine if the user was viewing the front page by using code like this:

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 This works by checking to see if the current active menu item is the default one.
-== {{JVer/multi|1.6,1.7,2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 ==
+== {{JVer/multi|2.5,3.x}} Joomla 2.5 and 3.x series ==
 There are some differences in 1.6/1.7/2.5 to avoid Strict Standards errors.  Use the following code for a site where all content is in the same language:

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:23, 13 September 2012
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−	== {{JVer\|1.0}} Joomla 1.0 ==	+	{{version\|1.0,1.5,1.6,1.7,2.5}}== {{JVer\|1.0}} Joomla 1.0 ==

	In Joomla! 1.0.x it was possible to determine if the user was viewing the front page by using code like this:		In Joomla! 1.0.x it was possible to determine if the user was viewing the front page by using code like this:

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 This works by checking to see if the current active menu item is the default one.
-== {{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} {{JVer|2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 ==
+== {{JVer/multi|1.6,1.7,2.5}} Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 ==
 There are some differences in 1.6/1.7/2.5 to avoid Strict Standards errors.  Use the following code for a site where all content is in the same language:

@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 For multi-lingual sites, it could also be necessary to display a specific code/html for '''all''' Default Home pages.
 <source lang="php">
-<?php $app = JFactory::getApplication(); ?>
+<?php
-<?php $menu = $app->getMenu(); ?>
+$app = JFactory::getApplication();
-<?php $lang = JFactory::getLanguage(); ?>
+$menu = $app->getMenu();
-<?php if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault($lang->getTag())) : ?>
+$lang = JFactory::getLanguage();
-etc.
+if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault($lang->getTag())) {
 </source>
 <noinclude>

@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 <source lang="php">
 <?php
-$menu = JSite::getMenu();
+$app = JFactory::getApplication();
 if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) {
 	echo 'This is the front page';
@@ Line 38: / Line 39: @@
 <source lang="php">
 <?php
-$menu = JSite::getMenu();
+$app = JFactory::getApplication();
 if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault( 'en-GB' )) {
 	echo 'This is the front page';
@@ Line 50: / Line 52: @@
 For multi-lingual sites, it could also be necessary to display a specific code/html for '''all''' Default Home pages.
 <source lang="php">
-<?php $menu = JSite::getMenu(); ?>
+<?php $app = JFactory::getApplication(); ?>
 <?php $lang = JFactory::getLanguage(); ?>
 <?php if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault($lang->getTag())) : ?>

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-== Joomla 1.0 ==
+== {{JVer|1.0}} Joomla 1.0 ==
 In Joomla! 1.0.x it was possible to determine if the user was viewing the front page by using code like this:
@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 </source>
-== Joomla 1.5 ==
+== {{JVer|1.5}} Joomla 1.5 ==
 But in Joomla! 1.5.x the com_frontpage component is no longer present.  This is how to achieve the same result in Joomla! 1.5.x
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 This works by checking to see if the current active menu item is the default one.
-== Joomla 1.6 ==
+== {{JVer|1.6}} {{JVer|1.7}} Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 ==
-For the 1.6 version, the conditional statement, became even shorter. This is the result for Joomla! 1.6.x
+The same code that worked in Joomla 1.5 will work in 1.6 onwards.  However, since PHP 5 is now a minimum requirement for Joomla 1.6 the ampersand (&amp;) is no longer required on the first line.  Use the following code for a site where all content is in the same language:
 <source lang="php">
 <?php
-if(JRequest::getVar('view') == 'featured' ) :
+$menu = JSite::getMenu();
-    echo 'This is the front page';
+if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) {
-else :
+	echo 'This is the front page';
-    echo 'This is NOT the front page';
-endif;
 ?>
 </source>
-You can also use the default menu option to check the home page. If the menu is activated, the default item for menu would be home page.
 <source lang="php">
 <?php
 $menu = JSite::getMenu();
-if (JRequest::getInt('Itemid') == $menu->getDefault()) :
+if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault( 'en-GB' )) {
-    echo 'This is the front page';
+	echo 'This is the front page';
-else :
-    echo 'This is NOT the front page';
+elseif ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault( 'fr-FR' )) {
-endif;
+	echo 'Accueil';
 ?>
 </source>
 <noinclude>
 [[Category:Development]]
 [[Category:Tutorials]]
 </noinclude>