Managing Component Updates (Component release files)
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Component Release Files[edit]
Included in this example are zip files for three releases.
Version 1.0[edit]
The zip file can be downloaded from democompupdate_10.zip. It contains files:
- democompupdate_10/democompupdate.xml
- democompupdate_10/script.php
- democompupdate_10/admin/sql/install_data.sql
- democompupdate_10/admin/sql/uninstall.sql
- democompupdate_10/admin/sql/updates/1.0.sql
- democompupdate_10/site/controller.php
- democompupdate_10/site/democompupdate.php
- democompupdate_10/site/models/democompupdate.php
- democompupdate_10/site/views/democompupdate/view.html.php
- democompupdate_10/site/views/democompupdate/tmpl/default.php
Version 1.1.1[edit]
Diff's of democompupdate_10.zip and democompupdate_111.zip show how files have changed.
diff -r democompupdate_10/admin/sql/install_data.sql democompupdate_111/admin/sql/install_data.sql 10c10 < (1,'1.0'); --- > (1,'1.1.1'); Only in democompupdate_111/admin/sql/updates: 1.1.1.sql Only in democompupdate_111/admin/sql/updates: 1.1.sql diff -r democompupdate_10/democompupdate.xml democompupdate_111/democompupdate.xml 2c2 < <extension type="component" version="1.6" method="new"> --- > <extension type="component" version="1.6" method="upgrade"> 8c8 < <version>1.0</version> --- > <version>1.1.1</version> diff -r democompupdate_10/script.php democompupdate_111/script.php 11c11 < private $release = '1.0'; --- > private $release = '1.1.1'; diff -r democompupdate_10/site/views/democompupdate/view.html.php democompupdate_111/site/views/democompupdate/view.html.php 25c25 < $myRev = '1.0'; --- > $myRev = '1.1.1';
Version 1.3[edit]
In addition to the files shown in version 1.1.1, democompupdate_13.zip also contains files
- democompupdate_13/admin/sql/updates/1.2.sql
- democompupdate_13/admin/sql/updates/1.2.1.sql
- democompupdate_13/admin/sql/updates/1.3.sql