JView/ construct

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Description[edit]

Constructor

Syntax[edit]

__construct($config=array())

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$config	array()

Defined in[edit]

libraries/joomla/application/component/view.php

Importing[edit]

jimport( 'joomla.application.component.view' );

Source Body[edit]

function __construct($config = array())
{
        //set the view name
        if (empty($this->_name))
        {
                if (array_key_exists('name', $config))  {
                        $this->_name = $config['name'];
                } else {
                        $this->_name = $this->getName();
                }
        }

        // set the charset (used by the variable escaping functions)
        if (array_key_exists('charset', $config)) {
                $this->_charset = $config['charset'];
        }

        // user-defined escaping callback
        if (array_key_exists('escape', $config)) {
                $this->setEscape($config['escape']);
        }

        // Set a base path for use by the view
        if (array_key_exists('base_path', $config)) {
                $this->_basePath        = $config['base_path'];
        } else {
                $this->_basePath        = JPATH_COMPONENT;
        }

        // set the default template search path
        if (array_key_exists('template_path', $config)) {
                // user-defined dirs
                $this->_setPath('template', $config['template_path']);
        } else {
                $this->_setPath('template', $this->_basePath.DS.'views'.DS.$this->getName().DS.'tmpl');
        }

        // set the default helper search path
        if (array_key_exists('helper_path', $config)) {
                // user-defined dirs
                $this->_setPath('helper', $config['helper_path']);
        } else {
                $this->_setPath('helper', $this->_basePath.DS.'helpers');
        }

        // set the layout
        if (array_key_exists('layout', $config)) {
                $this->setLayout($config['layout']);
        } else {
                $this->setLayout('default');
        }

        $this->baseurl = JURI::base(true);
}

Examples[edit]

Code Examples[edit]

API16