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Revision as of 16:00, 21 November 2010
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Articles in this series[edit]
Articles in this Series
- Introduction
- Developing a Basic Component
- Adding a view to the site part
- Adding a menu type to the site part
- Adding a model to the site part
- Adding a variable request in the menu type
- Using the database
- Basic backend
- Adding language management
- Adding backend actions
- Adding decorations to the backend
- Adding verifications
- Adding categories
- Adding configuration
- Adding ACL
- Adding an install/uninstall/update script file
- Using the language filter facility
- Adding an update server
- Example of a Frontend Update Function
- Example of Menu Parameters & Stylesheets
Introduction[edit]
This tutorial is part of the Developing a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Component for Joomla!1.6 tutorial. You are encouraged to read the previous parts of the tutorial before reading this.
Adding a toolbar[edit]
In Joomla!1.6, the administrator interacts generally with components through the use of a toolbar. In the file admin/views/helloworlds/view.html.php put this content. It will create a basic toolbar and a title for the component.
admin/views/helloworlds/view.html.php
<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
// import Joomla view library
jimport('joomla.application.component.view');
/**
* HelloWorldList View
*/
class HelloWorldViewHelloWorlds extends JView
{
/**
* HelloWorldList view display method
* @return void
*/
function display($tpl = null)
{
// Get data from the model
$items = $this->get('Items');
$pagination = $this->get('Pagination');
// Check for errors.
if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors')))
{
JError::raiseError(500, implode("<br />", $errors));
return false;
}
// Assign data to the view
$this->items = $items;
$this->pagination = $pagination;
// Set the toolbar
$this->addToolBar();
// Display the template
parent::display($tpl);
}
/**
* Setting the toolbar
*/
protected function addToolBar()
{
JToolBarHelper::title(JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLDS'));
JToolBarHelper::deleteListX('', 'helloworlds.delete');
JToolBarHelper::editListX('helloworld.edit');
JToolBarHelper::addNewX('helloworld.add');
}
}
You can find others classic backend actions in the administrator/includes/toolbar.php file of your Joomla!1.6 installation.
Adding specific controllers[edit]
Three actions has been added:
- helloworlds.delete
- helloworld.edit
- helloworld.add
These are compound tasks (controller.task). So two new controllers HelloWorldControllerHelloWorlds and HelloWorldControllerHelloWorld have to coded.
admin/controllers/helloworlds.php
<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
// import Joomla controller library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controller');
class HelloWorldControllerHelloWorlds extends JControllerAdmin
{
/**
* Proxy for getModel.
* @since 1.6
*/
public function getModel($name = 'HelloWorld', $prefix = 'HelloWorldModel')
{
$model = parent::getModel($name, $prefix, array('ignore_request' => true));
return $model;
}
}
admin/controllers/helloworld.php
<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
// import Joomla controller library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controller');
/**
* HelloWorld Controller
*/
class HelloWorldControllerHelloWorld extends JControllerForm
{
}
Adding an editing view[edit]
With your favorite file manager and editor, put a file admin/views/helloworld/view.html.php containing:
admin/views/helloworld/view.html.php
<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
// import Joomla view library
jimport('joomla.application.component.view');
/**
* HelloWorld View
*/
class HelloWorldViewHelloWorld extends JView
{
/**
* display method of Hello view
* @return void
*/
public function display($tpl = null)
{
// get the Data
$form = $this->get('Form');
$item = $this->get('Item');
// Check for errors.
if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors')))
{
JError::raiseError(500, implode("<br />", $errors));
return false;
}
// Assign the Data
$this->form = $form;
$this->item = $item;
// Set the toolbar
$this->addToolBar();
// Display the template
parent::display($tpl);
}
/**
* Setting the toolbar
*/
protected function addToolBar()
{
JRequest::setVar('hidemainmenu', true);
$isNew = ($this->item->id == 0);
JToolBarHelper::title($isNew ? JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_BANNER_NEW') : JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_BANNER_EDIT'));
JToolBarHelper::save('helloworld.save');
JToolBarHelper::cancel('helloworld.cancel', $isNew ? 'JTOOLBAR_CANCEL' : 'JTOOLBAR_CLOSE');
}
}
This view will display data using a layout.
Put a file admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/edit.php containing
admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/edit.php
<?php
// No direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
JHTML::_('behavior.tooltip');
?>
<form action="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_helloworld&layout=edit&id='.(int) $this->item->id); ?>" method="post" name="adminForm" id="helloworld-form">
<fieldset class="adminform">
<legend><?php echo JText::_( 'com_helloworld_HelloWorld_Details' ); ?></legend>
<?php foreach($this->form->getFieldset() as $field): ?>
<?php if (!$field->hidden): ?>
<?php echo $field->label; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php echo $field->input; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</fieldset>
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="" />
<?php echo JHtml::_('form.token'); ?>
</form>
Adding a model and modifying the existing one[edit]
The HelloWorldViewHelloWorld view asks form and data from a model. This model has to provide a getTable, a getForm method and a loadData method (called from the JModelAdmin controller)
admin/models/helloworld.php
<?php
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
// import Joomla modelform library
jimport('joomla.application.component.modeladmin');
/**
* HelloWorld Model
*/
class HelloWorldModelHelloWorld extends JModelAdmin
{
public function getTable($type = 'HelloWorld', $prefix = 'HelloWorldTable', $config = array())
{
return JTable::getInstance($type, $prefix, $config);
}
public function getForm($data = array(), $loadData = true)
{
// Get the form.
$form = $this->loadForm('com_helloworld.helloworld', 'helloworld', array('control' => 'jform', 'load_data' => $loadData));
if (empty($form)) {
return false;
}
return $form;
}
protected function loadFormData()
{
// Check the session for previously entered form data.
$data = JFactory::getApplication()->getUserState('com_helloworld.edit.helloworld.data', array());
if (empty($data)) {
$data = $this->getItem();
}
return $data;
}
}
This model inherits from the JModelAdmin class and uses its loadForm method. This method searches for forms in the forms folder. With your favorite file manager and editor, put a file admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml containing:
admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<form>
<fieldset>
<field
name="id"
type="hidden"
/>
<field
name="greeting"
type="text"
label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_GREETING_LABEL"
description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_GREETING_DESC"
size="40"
class="inputbox"
default=""
/>
</fieldset>
</form>
Packaging the component[edit]
Content of your code directory
- helloworld.xml
- site/index.html
- site/helloworld.php
- site/controller.php
- site/views/index.html
- site/views/helloworld/index.html
- site/views/helloworld/view.html.php
- site/views/helloworld/tmpl/index.html
- site/views/helloworld/tmpl/default.xml
- site/views/helloworld/tmpl/default.php
- site/models/index.html
- site/models/helloworld.php
- site/language/index.html
- site/language/en-GB/index.html
- site/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.ini
- admin/index.html
- admin/helloworld.php
- admin/controller.php
- admin/sql/index.html
- admin/sql/install.mysql.utf8.sql
- admin/sql/uninstall.mysql.utf8.sql
- admin/sql/update.mysql.utf8.sql
- admin/models/index.html
- admin/models/fields/index.html
- admin/models/fields/helloworld.php
- admin/models/forms/index.html
- admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml
- admin/models/helloworld.php
- admin/models/helloworlds.php
- admin/views/index.html
- admin/views/helloworlds/index.html
- admin/views/helloworlds/view.html.php
- admin/views/helloworlds/tmpl/index.html
- admin/views/helloworlds/tmpl/default.php
- admin/views/helloworlds/tmpl/default_head.php
- admin/views/helloworlds/tmpl/default_body.php
- admin/views/helloworlds/tmpl/default_foot.php
- admin/views/helloworlds/index.html
- admin/views/helloworld/view.html.php
- admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/index.html
- admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/default.php
- admin/tables/index.html
- admin/tables/helloworld.php
- admin/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.ini
- admin/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.sys.ini
- admin/controllers/index.html
- admin/controllers/helloworld.php
- admin/controllers/helloworlds.php
- language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
Create a compressed file of this directory or directly download the archive, modify the code in /admin/models/helloworld.php and install it using the extension manager of Joomla!1.6. You can add a menu item of this component using the menu manager in the backend.
helloworld.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<extension type="component" version="1.6.0" method="upgrade">
<name>COM_HELLOWORLD</name>
<creationDate>November 2009</creationDate>
<author>John Doe</author>
<authorEmail>john.doe@example.org</authorEmail>
<authorUrl>http://www.example.org</authorUrl>
<copyright>Copyright Info</copyright>
<license>License Info</license>
<version>0.0.9</version>
<description>COM_HELLOWORLD_DESC</description>
<install> <!-- Runs on install -->
<sql>
<file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/install.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
</sql>
</install>
<uninstall> <!-- Runs on uninstall -->
<sql>
<file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/uninstall.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
</sql>
</uninstall>
<files folder="site">
<filename>index.html</filename>
<filename>helloworld.php</filename>
<filename>controller.php</filename>
<folder>views</folder>
<folder>models</folder>
<folder>language</folder>
</files>
<administration>
<menu>COM_HELLOWORLD_MENU</menu>
<files folder="admin">
<filename>index.html</filename>
<filename>helloworld.php</filename>
<filename>controller.php</filename>
<folder>sql</folder>
<folder>tables</folder>
<folder>models</folder>
<folder>views</folder>
<folder>controllers</folder>
</files>
<languages folder="admin">
<language tag="en-GB">language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.ini</language>
<language tag="en-GB">language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.sys.ini</language>
</languages>
</administration>
</extension>
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