Joomla! Documentation™

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Defined in

libraries/joomla/installer/installer.php

Methods

Method name	Description
__construct	Constructor
getOverwrite	Get the allow overwrite switch
setOverwrite	Set the allow overwrite switch
getUpgrade	Get the allow overwrite switch
setUpgrade	Set the allow overwrite switch
getManifest	Get the installation manifest object
getPath	Get an installer path by name
setPath	Sets an installer path by name
pushStep	Pushes a step onto the installer stack for rolling back steps
abort	Installation abort method
install	Package installation method
discover_install
discover	Extension discover method Asks each adapter to find extensions
update	Package update method
uninstall	Package uninstallation method
refreshManifestCache
setupInstall	Prepare for installation: this method sets the installation directory, finds and checks the installation file and verifies the installation type
parseQueries	Backward compatible Method to parse through a queries element of the installation manifest file and take appropriate action.
parseSQLFiles	Method to extract the name of a discreet installation sql file from the installation manifest file.
parseFiles	Method to parse through a files element of the installation manifest and take appropriate action.
parseLanguages	Method to parse through a languages element of the installation manifest and take appropriate action.
parseMedia	Method to parse through a media element of the installation manifest and take appropriate action.
getParams	Method to parse the parameters of an extension, build the INI string for it's default parameters, and return the INI string.
copyFiles	Copy files from source directory to the target directory
removeFiles	Method to parse through a files element of the installation manifest and remove the files that were installed
copyManifest	Copies the installation manifest file to the extension folder in the given client
findManifest	Tries to find the package manifest file
isManifest	Is the xml file a valid Joomla installation manifest file
generateManifestCache	Generates a manifest cache string serialised manifest data
cleanDiscoveredExtension	Cleans up discovered extensions if they're being installed somehow else
findDeletedFiles	Compares two "files" entries to find deleted files/folders
loadMD5Sum	Loads an MD5SUMS file into an associative array
getGroupIDFromName	Get a group ID from a given name
getInstance	Returns the global Installer object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.installer.installer' );