JModuleHelper/getModule

Returns a stdClass object containing information about the module requested. A given module will only be returned if it meets the following criteria:

• it is enabled;
• it is assigned to the current menu item or is assigned to all menu items;
• the user meets the access level requirements.

Syntax

object getModule( $name, $title )

where:

Argument	Data type	Description	Default
$name	string	The name/type of the module. For example, 'login' for the login form module. If more than one module of this name/type exists and no title has been specified then the first module of the given name/type is returned. If the module is not found and the 'mod_' prefix has been used then a dummy stdClass object will be returned.
$title	string	The title of the module. If null the first module of the given name/type is returned.	null

Example 1

Obtain the login form module.

jimport( 'joomla.application.module.helper' );
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'login' );
echo '<pre>';
print_r( $module );
echo '</pre>';

which will output:

stdClass Object
(
    [id] => 18
    [title] => Login Form
    [module] => mod_login
    [position] => left
    [content] => 
    [showtitle] => 1
    [control] => 
    [params] => greeting=1
                name=0
    [user] => 0
    [name] => login
    [style] => 
)

Example 2

If more than one instance of a module exists then you can select the correct one by specifying its title. For example, there are usually many modules of type 'mod_mainmenu', so here we select the one with title "Resources":

jimport( 'joomla.application.module.helper' );
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'mainmenu', 'Resources' );
echo '<pre>';
print_r( $module );
echo '</pre>';

which will output:

stdClass Object
(
    [id] => 31
    [title] => Resources
    [module] => mod_mainmenu
    [position] => left
    [content] => 
    [showtitle] => 0
    [control] => 
    [params] => menutype=othermenu
menu_style=list
startLevel=0
endLevel=0
showAllChildren=0
window_open=
show_whitespace=0
cache=1
tag_id=
class_sfx=
moduleclass_sfx=_menu
maxdepth=10
menu_images=0
menu_images_align=0
menu_images_link=0
expand_menu=0
activate_parent=0
full_active_id=0
indent_image=0
indent_image1=
indent_image2=
indent_image3=
indent_image4=
indent_image5=
indent_image6=
spacer=
end_spacer=


    [user] => 0
    [name] => mainmenu
    [style] => 
)

Example 3

If the module does not exist and it has the prefix 'mod_' then a dummy stdClass module object will be returned.

jimport( 'joomla.application.module.helper' );
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'mod_examplemodule' );
echo '<pre>';
print_r( $module );
echo '</pre>';

which will output:

stdClass Object
(
    [id] => 0
    [title] => 
    [module] => mod_examplemodule
    [position] => 
    [content] => 
    [showtitle] => 0
    [control] => 
    [params] => 
    [user] => 0
)

See also

• JModuleHelper::getModule on api.joomla.org
• JModuleHelper::getModules
• JModuleHelper::renderModule