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<source lang="php"> | <source lang="php"> | ||
| − | <?php defined(_JEXEC) or die('Restricted access'); | + | <?php |
| − | + | // No direct access to this file | |
| + | defined(_JEXEC) or die('Restricted access'); | ||
| + | // import joomla controller library | ||
| + | jimport('joomla.application.component.controller'); | ||
| + | // Get an instance of the controller prefixed by HelloWorld | ||
| + | $controller = JController::getInstance('HelloWorld'); | ||
| + | // Perform the Request task | ||
| + | $controller->execute(JRequest::getCmd('task')); | ||
| + | // Redirect if set by the controller | ||
| + | $controller->redirect(); | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
You can test this basic component by putting ''index.php?option=com_helloworld'' in your browser address (don't forget to prefix this address by your Joomla!1.6 installation path). | You can test this basic component by putting ''index.php?option=com_helloworld'' in your browser address (don't forget to prefix this address by your Joomla!1.6 installation path). | ||
| + | == Packaging the component == | ||
Create a compressed file of this directory or directly download the [http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/11373/45535/com_helloworld-1.6-part1.zip archive] and install it using the extension manager of Joomla!1.6. You can test this basic component by putting ''index.php?option=com_helloworld'' or ''administrator/index.php?option=com_helloworld'' in your browser address. You can also noticed that the ''Hello World!'' component is visible in the administrator site of your Joomla!1.6 installation under the ''Components'' menu. | Create a compressed file of this directory or directly download the [http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/11373/45535/com_helloworld-1.6-part1.zip archive] and install it using the extension manager of Joomla!1.6. You can test this basic component by putting ''index.php?option=com_helloworld'' or ''administrator/index.php?option=com_helloworld'' in your browser address. You can also noticed that the ''Hello World!'' component is visible in the administrator site of your Joomla!1.6 installation under the ''Components'' menu. | ||
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Indroduction[edit]
This tutorial is part of the Developing a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Component for Joomla!1.6 tutorial. You are encouraged to read the precedent parts of the tutorial before reading this one.
In the Joomla!1.6 framework, third party components authors divide their code in three main parts:
- models They are responsible for managing the data
- controllers They perform tasks, set and get states of the models and ask the views to display
- views They display the content according to the type (html, raw, pdf, ...) and the layout chosen by the controllers
Setting the controller[edit]
In the core code of Joomla, there is a class able to manage controllers: JController. This class has to be extended to be used it in our component. In the file site/helloworld.php (entry point of our Hello World component), put these lines
<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined(_JEXEC) or die('Restricted access');
// import joomla controller library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controller');
// Get an instance of the controller prefixed by HelloWorld
$controller = JController::getInstance('HelloWorld');
// Perform the Request task
$controller->execute(JRequest::getCmd('task'));
// Redirect if set by the controller
$controller->redirect();You can test this basic component by putting index.php?option=com_helloworld in your browser address (don't forget to prefix this address by your Joomla!1.6 installation path).
Packaging the component[edit]
Create a compressed file of this directory or directly download the archive and install it using the extension manager of Joomla!1.6. You can test this basic component by putting index.php?option=com_helloworld or administrator/index.php?option=com_helloworld in your browser address. You can also noticed that the Hello World! component is visible in the administrator site of your Joomla!1.6 installation under the Components menu.