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Articles in this series[edit]

Introduction[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 previous parts of the tutorial before reading this.

Adding a toolbar[edit]

In Joomla!1.6, the administrator interacts generally with components through the use of a toolbar. In the file admin/views/helloworlds/view.html.php put this content. It will create a basic toolbar and a title for the component.

admin/views/helloworlds/view.html.php

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

// import Joomla view library
jimport('joomla.application.component.view');

/**
 * HelloWorlds View
 */
class HelloWorldViewHelloWorlds extends JView
{
	/**
	 * HelloWorlds view display method
	 * @return void
	 */
	function display($tpl = null) 
	{
		// Get data from the model
		$items = $this->get('Items');
		$pagination = $this->get('Pagination');

		// Check for errors.
		if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors'))) 
		{
			JError::raiseError(500, implode('<br />', $errors));
			return false;
		}
		// Assign data to the view
		$this->items = $items;
		$this->pagination = $pagination;

		// Set the toolbar
		$this->addToolBar();

		// Display the template
		parent::display($tpl);
	}

	/**
	 * Setting the toolbar
	 */
	protected function addToolBar() 
	{
		JToolBarHelper::title(JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLDS'));
		JToolBarHelper::deleteListX('', 'helloworlds.delete');
		JToolBarHelper::editListX('helloworld.edit');
		JToolBarHelper::addNewX('helloworld.add');
	}
}

You can find others classic backend actions in the administrator/includes/toolbar.php file of your Joomla!1.6 installation.

Adding specific controllers[edit]

Three actions has been added:

helloworlds.delete
helloworld.edit
helloworld.add

These are compound tasks (controller.task). So two new controllers HelloWorldControllerHelloWorlds and HelloWorldControllerHelloWorld have to coded.

admin/controllers/helloworlds.php

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

// import Joomla controlleradmin library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controlleradmin');

/**
 * HelloWorlds Controller
 */
class HelloWorldControllerHelloWorlds extends JControllerAdmin
{
	/**
	 * Proxy for getModel.
	 * @since	1.6
	 */
	public function getModel($name = 'HelloWorld', $prefix = 'HelloWorldModel') 
	{
		$model = parent::getModel($name, $prefix, array('ignore_request' => true));
		return $model;
	}
}

admin/controllers/helloworld.php

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

// import Joomla controllerform library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controllerform');

/**
 * HelloWorld Controller
 */
class HelloWorldControllerHelloWorld extends JControllerForm
{
}

Adding an editing view[edit]

With your favorite file manager and editor, put a file admin/views/helloworld/view.html.php containing:

admin/views/helloworld/view.html.php

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

// import Joomla view library
jimport('joomla.application.component.view');

/**
 * HelloWorld View
 */
class HelloWorldViewHelloWorld extends JView
{
	/**
	 * display method of Hello view
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function display($tpl = null) 
	{
		// get the Data
		$form = $this->get('Form');
		$item = $this->get('Item');

		// Check for errors.
		if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors'))) 
		{
			JError::raiseError(500, implode('<br />', $errors));
			return false;
		}
		// Assign the Data
		$this->form = $form;
		$this->item = $item;

		// Set the toolbar
		$this->addToolBar();

		// Display the template
		parent::display($tpl);
	}

	/**
	 * Setting the toolbar
	 */
	protected function addToolBar() 
	{
		JRequest::setVar('hidemainmenu', true);
		$isNew = ($this->item->id == 0);
		JToolBarHelper::title($isNew ? JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLD_NEW') : JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLD_EDIT'));
		JToolBarHelper::save('helloworld.save');
		JToolBarHelper::cancel('helloworld.cancel', $isNew ? 'JTOOLBAR_CANCEL' : 'JTOOLBAR_CLOSE');
	}
}

This view will display data using a layout.

Put a file admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/edit.php containing

admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/edit.php

<?php
// No direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
JHtml::_('behavior.tooltip');
?>
<form action="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_helloworld&layout=edit&id='.(int) $this->item->id); ?>" method="post" name="adminForm" id="helloworld-form">

	<fieldset class="adminform">

		<legend><?php echo JText::_( 'COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_DETAILS' ); ?></legend>

		<?php foreach($this->form->getFieldset() as $field): ?>
			<?php if (!$field->hidden): ?>
				<?php echo $field->label; ?>

			<?php endif; ?>
			<?php echo $field->input; ?>

		<?php endforeach; ?>
	</fieldset>
	<div>
		<input type="hidden" name="task" value="helloworld.edit" />

		<?php echo JHtml::_('form.token'); ?>
	</div>
</form>

Adding a model and modifying the existing one[edit]

The HelloWorldViewHelloWorld view asks form and data from a model. This model has to provide a getTable, a getForm method and a loadData method (called from the JModelAdmin controller)

admin/models/helloworld.php

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

// import Joomla modelform library
jimport('joomla.application.component.modeladmin');

/**
 * HelloWorld Model
 */
class HelloWorldModelHelloWorld extends JModelAdmin
{
	/**
	 * Returns a reference to the a Table object, always creating it.
	 *
	 * @param	type	The table type to instantiate
	 * @param	string	A prefix for the table class name. Optional.
	 * @param	array	Configuration array for model. Optional.
	 * @return	JTable	A database object
	 * @since	1.6
	 */
	public function getTable($type = 'HelloWorld', $prefix = 'HelloWorldTable', $config = array()) 
	{
		return JTable::getInstance($type, $prefix, $config);
	}
	/**
	 * Method to get the record form.
	 *
	 * @param	array	$data		Data for the form.
	 * @param	boolean	$loadData	True if the form is to load its own data (default case), false if not.
	 * @return	mixed	A JForm object on success, false on failure
	 * @since	1.6
	 */
	public function getForm($data = array(), $loadData = true) 
	{
		// Get the form.
		$form = $this->loadForm('com_helloworld.helloworld', 'helloworld', array('control' => 'jform', 'load_data' => $loadData));
		if (empty($form)) 
		{
			return false;
		}
		return $form;
	}
	/**
	 * Method to get the data that should be injected in the form.
	 *
	 * @return	mixed	The data for the form.
	 * @since	1.6
	 */
	protected function loadFormData() 
	{
		// Check the session for previously entered form data.
		$data = JFactory::getApplication()->getUserState('com_helloworld.edit.helloworld.data', array());
		if (empty($data)) 
		{
			$data = $this->getItem();
		}
		return $data;
	}
}

This model inherits from the JModelAdmin class and uses its loadForm method. This method searches for forms in the forms folder. With your favorite file manager and editor, put a file admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml containing:

admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<form>
	<fieldset>
		<field
			name="id"
			type="hidden"
		/>
		<field
			name="greeting"
			type="text"
			label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_GREETING_LABEL"
			description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_GREETING_DESC"
			size="40"
			class="inputbox"
			default=""
		/>
	</fieldset>
</form>

Packaging the component[edit]

Content of your code directory

Create a compressed file of this directory or directly download the archive, modify the code in /admin/models/helloworld.php and install it using the extension manager of Joomla!1.6. You can add a menu item of this component using the menu manager in the backend.

helloworld.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<extension type="component" version="1.6.0" method="upgrade">
	<name>COM_HELLOWORLD</name>
	<creationDate>November 2009</creationDate>
	<author>John Doe</author>
	<authorEmail>john.doe@example.org</authorEmail>
	<authorUrl>http://www.example.org</authorUrl>
	<copyright>Copyright Info</copyright>
	<license>License Info</license>
	<version>0.0.9</version>
	<description>COM_HELLOWORLD_DESC</description>

	<install> <!-- Runs on install -->
		<sql>
			<file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/install.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
		</sql>
	</install>
	<uninstall> <!-- Runs on uninstall -->
		<sql>
			<file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/uninstall.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
		</sql>
	</uninstall>

	<files folder="site">
		<filename>index.html</filename>
		<filename>helloworld.php</filename>
		<filename>controller.php</filename>
		<folder>views</folder>
		<folder>models</folder>
		<folder>language</folder>
	</files>

	<administration>
		<menu>COM_HELLOWORLD_MENU</menu>
		<files folder="admin">
			<filename>index.html</filename>
			<filename>helloworld.php</filename>
			<filename>controller.php</filename>
			<folder>sql</folder>
			<folder>tables</folder>
			<folder>models</folder>
			<folder>views</folder>
			<folder>controllers</folder>
		</files>		
		<languages folder="admin">
			<language tag="en-GB">language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.ini</language>
			<language tag="en-GB">language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.sys.ini</language>
		</languages>
	</administration>
</extension>

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Contributors[edit]

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