Difference between revisions of "Managing Component Updates (Component release files)"

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This tutorial is for Joomla

Articles in this series[edit]

Component Release Files[edit]

Included in this example are zip files for three releases.

Version 1.0[edit]

The zip file can be downloaded from democompupdate_10.zip. It contains files:

democompupdate_10/democompupdate.xml
democompupdate_10/script.php
democompupdate_10/admin/sql/install_data.sql
democompupdate_10/admin/sql/uninstall.sql
democompupdate_10/admin/sql/updates/1.0.sql
democompupdate_10/site/controller.php
democompupdate_10/site/democompupdate.php
democompupdate_10/site/models/democompupdate.php
democompupdate_10/site/views/democompupdate/view.html.php
democompupdate_10/site/views/democompupdate/tmpl/default.php

Version 1.1.1[edit]

The zip file can be downloaded from democompupdate_111.zip. Diff's of democompupdate_10.zip and democompupdate_111.zip show how files have changed.

diff -r democompupdate_10/admin/sql/install_data.sql democompupdate_111/admin/sql/install_data.sql
10c10
< (1,'1.0');
---
> (1,'1.1.1');
Only in democompupdate_111/admin/sql/updates: 1.1.1.sql
Only in democompupdate_111/admin/sql/updates: 1.1.sql
diff -r democompupdate_10/democompupdate.xml democompupdate_111/democompupdate.xml
2c2
< <extension type="component" version="1.6" method="new">
---
> <extension type="component" version="1.6" method="upgrade">
8c8
< 	<version>1.0</version>
---
> 	<version>1.1.1</version>
diff -r democompupdate_10/script.php democompupdate_111/script.php
11c11
< 	private $release = '1.0';
---
> 	private $release = '1.1.1';
diff -r democompupdate_10/site/views/democompupdate/view.html.php democompupdate_111/site/views/democompupdate/view.html.php
25c25
< 		$myRev = '1.0';
---
> 		$myRev = '1.1.1';

Version 1.3[edit]

The zip file can be downloaded from democompupdate_13.zip. Diff's of democompupdate_111.zip and democompupdate_13.zip show how files have changed.

diff -r democompupdate_111/admin/sql/install_data.sql democompupdate_13/admin/sql/install_data.sql
10c10,12
< (1,'1.1.1');
---
> (1,'1.1.1'),
> (2,'1.2.1'),
> (3,'1.3');
Only in democompupdate_13/admin/sql/updates: 1.2.1.sql
Only in democompupdate_13/admin/sql/updates: 1.2.sql
Only in democompupdate_13/admin/sql/updates: 1.3.sql
diff -r democompupdate_111/democompupdate.xml democompupdate_13/democompupdate.xml
8c8
< 	<version>1.1.1</version>
---
> 	<version>1.3</version>
diff -r democompupdate_111/script.php democompupdate_13/script.php
11c11
< 	private $release = '1.1.1';
---
> 	private $release = '1.3';
diff -r democompupdate_111/site/views/democompupdate/view.html.php democompupdate_13/site/views/democompupdate/view.html.php
25c25
< 		$myRev = '1.1.1';
---
> 		$myRev = '1.3';

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