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====5.5 Content Events for Plugin System====
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===5.5.1 Overview===
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Content events are triggered during the content creation process. This may occur  
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Content events are triggered during the content creation process. This may occur in views in the com_content component, or in other components or modules.  
in views in the com_content component, or in other components or modules.
 
  
===5.5.2 onBeforeDisplay===
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==onPrepareContent==
==5.5.2.1 Description==
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===Description===
This event is triggered when the framework is ready to create content. When this event
 
triggers, all features that can affect the presentation format are loaded.
 
==5.5.2.2 Parameters==
 
None.
 
==5.5.2.3 Return Value==
 
None.
 
==5.5.2.4 Used in files==
 
  *index.php
 
  *administrator/index.php
 
  *components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
 
  *components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
 
  *components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
 
  *components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
 
  *modules/mod_newsflash/helper.php
 
  *plugins/content/pagenavigation.php
 
  *plugins/content/vote.php
 
 
 
===5.5.3 onAfterDisplay===
 
==5.5.3.1 Description==
 
This event is triggered when the framework has finished creating content.
 
==5.5.3.2 Parameters==
 
None.
 
==5.5.3.3 Return Value==
 
None.
 
==5.5.3.4 Used in files==
 
  *index.php
 
  *administrator/index.php
 
  *components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
 
  *components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
 
  *components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
 
  *components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
 
  *modules/mod_newsflash/helper.php
 
 
 
===5.5.4 onPrepareContent===
 
==5.5.4.1 Description==
 
 
This is the first stage in preparing content for output and is the most common point  
 
This is the first stage in preparing content for output and is the most common point  
 
for content orientated plugins to do their work. Since the article and related parameters  
 
for content orientated plugins to do their work. Since the article and related parameters  
 
are passed by reference, event handlers can modify them prior to display.
 
are passed by reference, event handlers can modify them prior to display.
==5.5.4.2 Parameters==
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===Parameters===
  *article A reference to the article that is being rendered by the view.
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*<code>article</code> A reference to the article that is being rendered by the view.
  *params A reference to an associative array of relevant parameters. The view determines what it considers to be relevant and passes that information along.
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*<code>params</code> A reference to an associative array of relevant parameters. The view determines what it considers to be relevant and passes that information along.
  *limitstart An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated. Note that in the context of views that might not generate HTML output, a page is a reasonably abstract concept that depends on the context.
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*<code>limitstart</code> An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated. Note that in the context of views that might not generate HTML output, a page is a reasonably abstract concept that depends on the context.
==5.5.4.3 Return Value==
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===Return Value===
 
None. Results are returned by modifying the referenced arguments.
 
None. Results are returned by modifying the referenced arguments.
==5.5.4.4 Used in files==
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===Used in files===
  *components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/article/view.pdf.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/article/view.pdf.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php</tt>
  *plugins/content/code.php
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*<tt>plugins/content/code.php</tt>
  *plugins/content/emailcloak.php
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*<tt>plugins/content/emailcloak.php</tt>
  *plugins/content/geshi.php
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*<tt>plugins/content/geshi.php</tt>
  *plugins/content/image.php
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*<tt>plugins/content/image.php</tt>
  *plugins/content/loadmodule.php
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*<tt>plugins/content/loadmodule.php</tt>
  *plugins/content/pagebreak.php
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*<tt>plugins/content/pagebreak.php</tt>
  *plugins/content/sef.php
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*<tt>plugins/content/sef.php</tt>
  
===5.5.5 onAfterDisplayTitle===
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==onAfterDisplayTitle==
==5.5.5.1 Description==
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===Description===
 
This is a request for information that should be placed between the content title and  
 
This is a request for information that should be placed between the content title and  
 
the content body.
 
the content body.
==5.5.5.2 Parameters==
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Although parameters are passed by reference, this is not the event to modify article data. Use onPrepareContent for that purpose.
See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters. Note that
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===Parameters===
unlike onPrepareContent, these parameters are passed by value.
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See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters.
  *article The article that is being rendered by the view.
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*<code>article</code> The article that is being rendered by the view.
  *params An associative array of relevant parameters.
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*<code>params</code> An associative array of relevant parameters.
  *limitstart An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.
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*<code>limitstart</code> An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.
==5.5.5.3 Return Value==
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===Return Value===
An array. In XHTML/HTML views, this is is an array of strings, each of which becomes a line in the output stream.
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String. Returned value from this event will be displayed in a placeholder. Most templates display this placeholder after the article separator.
==5.5.5.4 Used in files==
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===Used in files===
  *components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php</tt>
  *modules/mod_newsflash/helper.php
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*<tt>modules/mod_newsflash/helper.php</tt>
==5.5.5.5 See Also==
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===See Also===
  *components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php</tt>
  
===5.5.6 onBeforeDisplayContent===
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==onBeforeDisplayContent==
==5.5.6.1 Description==
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===Description===
 
This is a request for information that should be placed immediately before the generated content. For views that generate XHTML/HTML, this might include the use of styles that are specified as part of the content or related parameters.
 
This is a request for information that should be placed immediately before the generated content. For views that generate XHTML/HTML, this might include the use of styles that are specified as part of the content or related parameters.
==5.5.6.2 Parameters==
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Although parameters are passed by reference, this is not the event to modify article data. Use onPrepareContent for that purpose.
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===Parameters===
 
See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters. Note that  
 
See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters. Note that  
 
unlike onPrepareContent, these parameters are passed by value.
 
unlike onPrepareContent, these parameters are passed by value.
  *article The article that is being rendered by the view.
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*<code>article</code> The article that is being rendered by the view.
  *params An associative array of relevant parameters.
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*<code>params</code> An associative array of relevant parameters.
  *limitstart An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.
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*<code>limitstart</code> An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.
==5.5.6.3 Return Value==
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===Return Value===
An array. In XHTML/HTML views, this is is an array of strings, each of which becomes a line in the output stream.
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String. Returned value from this event will be displayed in a placeholder. Most templates display this placeholder after the article separator.
==5.5.6.4 Used in files==
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===Used in files===
  *components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php</tt>
  *modules/mod_newsflash/helper.php
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*<tt>modules/mod_newsflash/helper.php</tt>
==5.5.6.5 See Also==
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  *components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php
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===See Also===
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php</tt>
  
===5.5.7 onAfterDisplayContent===
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==onAfterDisplayContent==
==5.5.7.1 Description==
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===Description===
 
This is a request for information that should be placed immediately after the generated content. For views that generate XHTML/HTML, this might include the closure of styles that are specified as part of the content or related parameters.
 
This is a request for information that should be placed immediately after the generated content. For views that generate XHTML/HTML, this might include the closure of styles that are specified as part of the content or related parameters.
==5.5.7.2 Parameters==
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Although parameters are passed by reference, this is not the event to modify article data. Use onPrepareContent for that purpose.
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===Parameters===
 
See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters. Note that unlike onPrepareContent, these parameters are passed by value.
 
See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters. Note that unlike onPrepareContent, these parameters are passed by value.
  *article The article that is being rendered by the view.
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*<code>article</code> The article that is being rendered by the view.
  *params An associative array of relevant parameters.
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*<code>params</code> An associative array of relevant parameters.
  *limitstart An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.
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*<code>limitstart</code> An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.
==5.5.7.3 Return Value==
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===Return Value===
An array. In XHTML/HTML views, this is is an array of strings, each of which becomes a line in the output stream.
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String. Returned value from this event will be displayed in a placeholder. Most templates display this placeholder after the article separator.
==5.5.7.4 Used in files==
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===Used in files===
  *components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php</tt>
  *components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php</tt>
==5.5.7.5 See Also==
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===See Also===
  *components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php
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*<tt>components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php</tt>
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==onBeforeContentSave==
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===Description===
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This is an event that is called right before the content is saved into the database. Since the article object is passed by reference, you can make any changes you wish to the data. You can also abort the save by returning false. In this case the error set by calling $article->setError($message); will be displayed to user.
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===Parameters===
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*<code>article</code> A reference to the JTableContent object that is being saved which holds the article data.
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*<code>isNew</code> A boolean which is set to true if the content is about to be created.
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===Return Value===
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Boolean. Result will affect the saving process. See description for details.
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===Used in files===
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*<tt>administrator/components/com_content/controller.php</tt>
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*<tt>components/com_content/models/article.php</tt>
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==onAfterContentSave==
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===Description===
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This is an event that is called after the content is saved into the database. Even though article object is passed by reference, changes will not be saved since storing data into database phase is past. An example use case would be redirecting user to the appropriate place after saving.
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===Parameters===
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*<code>article</code> A reference to the JTableContent object that is being saved which holds the article data.
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*<code>isNew</code> A boolean which is set to true if the content is about to be created.
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===Return Value===
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None. Result will be omitted.
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===Used in files===
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*<tt>administrator/components/com_content/controller.php</tt>
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*<tt>components/com_content/models/article.php</tt>
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==onContentPrepareData==
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===Description===
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Called after the data for a JForm has been retrieved. It can be used to modify the data for a JForm object in memory before rendering.
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===Parameters===
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*<code>context</code> The context where this event was triggered (for example, 'com_users.profile'). Use this to check whether you are in the desired context for the plugin.
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*<code>data</code> An object containing the data for the form.
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===Return Value===
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*<code>boolean</code> True if method succeeds.
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===Used in files===
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*<tt>administrator/components/com_admin/models/profile.php</tt>
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*<tt>administrator/components/com_users/models/user.php</tt>
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*<tt>components/com_contact/models/contact.php</tt>
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*<tt>components/com_users/models/profile.php</tt>
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*<tt>plugins/user/profile/profile.php</tt>
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==onContentPrepareForm==
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===Description===
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Called before a JForm is rendered. It can be used to modify the JForm object in memory before rendering. For example, use JForm->loadFile() to add fields or JForm->removeField() to remove fields. Or use JForm->setFieldAttribute() or other JForm methods to modify fields for the form.
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===Parameters===
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*<code>form</code> The JForm object to be displayed. Use the $form->getName() method to check whether this is the form you want to work with.
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*<code>data</code> An object containing the data for the form.
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===Return Value===
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*<code>boolean</code> True if method succeeds.
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===Used in files===
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*<tt>components/com_contact/models/contact.php</tt>
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*<tt>libraries/joomla/application/component/modelform.php</tt>
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*<tt>components/com_users/models/login.php</tt>
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*<tt>plugins/user/profile/profile.php</tt>
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Content events are triggered during the content creation process. This may occur in views in the com_content component, or in other components or modules.

onPrepareContent[edit]

Description[edit]

This is the first stage in preparing content for output and is the most common point for content orientated plugins to do their work. Since the article and related parameters are passed by reference, event handlers can modify them prior to display.

Parameters[edit]

  • article A reference to the article that is being rendered by the view.
  • params A reference to an associative array of relevant parameters. The view determines what it considers to be relevant and passes that information along.
  • limitstart An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated. Note that in the context of views that might not generate HTML output, a page is a reasonably abstract concept that depends on the context.

Return Value[edit]

None. Results are returned by modifying the referenced arguments.

Used in files[edit]

  • components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/article/view.pdf.php
  • components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
  • plugins/content/code.php
  • plugins/content/emailcloak.php
  • plugins/content/geshi.php
  • plugins/content/image.php
  • plugins/content/loadmodule.php
  • plugins/content/pagebreak.php
  • plugins/content/sef.php

onAfterDisplayTitle[edit]

Description[edit]

This is a request for information that should be placed between the content title and the content body. Although parameters are passed by reference, this is not the event to modify article data. Use onPrepareContent for that purpose.

Parameters[edit]

See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters.

  • article The article that is being rendered by the view.
  • params An associative array of relevant parameters.
  • limitstart An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.

Return Value[edit]

String. Returned value from this event will be displayed in a placeholder. Most templates display this placeholder after the article separator.

Used in files[edit]

  • components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
  • modules/mod_newsflash/helper.php

See Also[edit]

  • components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php

onBeforeDisplayContent[edit]

Description[edit]

This is a request for information that should be placed immediately before the generated content. For views that generate XHTML/HTML, this might include the use of styles that are specified as part of the content or related parameters. Although parameters are passed by reference, this is not the event to modify article data. Use onPrepareContent for that purpose.

Parameters[edit]

See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters. Note that unlike onPrepareContent, these parameters are passed by value.

  • article The article that is being rendered by the view.
  • params An associative array of relevant parameters.
  • limitstart An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.

Return Value[edit]

String. Returned value from this event will be displayed in a placeholder. Most templates display this placeholder after the article separator.

Used in files[edit]

  • components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php
  • modules/mod_newsflash/helper.php

See Also[edit]

  • components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php

onAfterDisplayContent[edit]

Description[edit]

This is a request for information that should be placed immediately after the generated content. For views that generate XHTML/HTML, this might include the closure of styles that are specified as part of the content or related parameters. Although parameters are passed by reference, this is not the event to modify article data. Use onPrepareContent for that purpose.

Parameters[edit]

See the onPrepareContent event for additional discussion of these parameters. Note that unlike onPrepareContent, these parameters are passed by value.

  • article The article that is being rendered by the view.
  • params An associative array of relevant parameters.
  • limitstart An integer that determines the "page" of the content that is to be generated.

Return Value[edit]

String. Returned value from this event will be displayed in a placeholder. Most templates display this placeholder after the article separator.

Used in files[edit]

  • components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/frontpage/view.html.php
  • components/com_content/views/section/view.html.php

See Also[edit]

  • components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php

onBeforeContentSave[edit]

Description[edit]

This is an event that is called right before the content is saved into the database. Since the article object is passed by reference, you can make any changes you wish to the data. You can also abort the save by returning false. In this case the error set by calling $article->setError($message); will be displayed to user.

Parameters[edit]

  • article A reference to the JTableContent object that is being saved which holds the article data.
  • isNew A boolean which is set to true if the content is about to be created.

Return Value[edit]

Boolean. Result will affect the saving process. See description for details.

Used in files[edit]

  • administrator/components/com_content/controller.php
  • components/com_content/models/article.php

onAfterContentSave[edit]

Description[edit]

This is an event that is called after the content is saved into the database. Even though article object is passed by reference, changes will not be saved since storing data into database phase is past. An example use case would be redirecting user to the appropriate place after saving.

Parameters[edit]

  • article A reference to the JTableContent object that is being saved which holds the article data.
  • isNew A boolean which is set to true if the content is about to be created.

Return Value[edit]

None. Result will be omitted.

Used in files[edit]

  • administrator/components/com_content/controller.php
  • components/com_content/models/article.php

onContentPrepareData[edit]

Description[edit]

Called after the data for a JForm has been retrieved. It can be used to modify the data for a JForm object in memory before rendering.

Parameters[edit]

  • context The context where this event was triggered (for example, 'com_users.profile'). Use this to check whether you are in the desired context for the plugin.
  • data An object containing the data for the form.

Return Value[edit]

  • boolean True if method succeeds.

Used in files[edit]

  • administrator/components/com_admin/models/profile.php
  • administrator/components/com_users/models/user.php
  • components/com_contact/models/contact.php
  • components/com_users/models/profile.php
  • plugins/user/profile/profile.php

onContentPrepareForm[edit]

Description[edit]

Called before a JForm is rendered. It can be used to modify the JForm object in memory before rendering. For example, use JForm->loadFile() to add fields or JForm->removeField() to remove fields. Or use JForm->setFieldAttribute() or other JForm methods to modify fields for the form.

Parameters[edit]

  • form The JForm object to be displayed. Use the $form->getName() method to check whether this is the form you want to work with.
  • data An object containing the data for the form.

Return Value[edit]

  • boolean True if method succeeds.

Used in files[edit]

  • components/com_contact/models/contact.php
  • libraries/joomla/application/component/modelform.php
  • components/com_users/models/login.php
  • plugins/user/profile/profile.php