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Joomla insert article into component


I would like to insert an article inside my component, does someone have an example on how to do that?

Article would be selected from backend.


Solution

  • In the Back-End you will selected the article, the ID of article will be stored in a database in component params (config.xml) or custom component params table.

    In you custom component

    1. Store Article Id to variable
    2. Query the database #__content table with Article ID
    3. Display the article

    For example

     //
     // Function for your model
     //
    /**
     *
     * @return object 
     * 
     * Object will have following structure 
     * 
     * Field            Type    
     * ----------------------------------        
     * id               "int(11) unsigned"
     * title            varchar(255)
     * alias            varchar(255)
     * title_alias    varchar(255)
     * introtext        mediumtext
     * fulltext         mediumtext
     * state            tinyint(3)
     * sectionid        "int(11) unsigned"
     * mask             "int(11) unsigned"
     * catid            "int(11) unsigned"
     * created          datetime
     * created_by      "int(11) unsigned"
     * created_by_alias varchar(255)
     * modified         datetime
     * modified_by  "int(11) unsigned"
     * checked_out  "int(11) unsigned"
     * checked_out_time datetime
     * publish_up      datetime
     * publish_down  datetime
     * images           text
     * urls             text
     * attribs          text
     * version          "int(11) unsigned"
     * parentid         "int(11) unsigned"
     * ordering         int(11)
     * metakey          text
     * metadesc         text
     * access           "int(11) unsigned"
     * hits             "int(11) unsigned"
     * metadata         text
     */
     public function getMyArticle() {
    
            //  Get Component parameters (config.xml)
            $params = JComponentHelper::getParams('com_mycomponent');
    
            //  Get Specific parameter
            $myArticleId = (int) $params->get('articleId', 0);
    
            //  Make sure parameter is set and is greater than zero
            if ($myArticleId > 0) {
    
                //  Build Query
                $query = "SELECT * FROM #__content WHERE id = $myArticleId";
    
                //  Load query into an object
                $db = JFactory::getDBO();
                $db->setQuery($query);
                return $db->loadObject();
            }
    
            //
            return null;
        }
    

    To make pop-up select in the back end, edit your component's config.xml

    add addpath to the <params> elements

    <!-- Add the path to content elements -->
    <params addpath="/administrator/components/com_content/elements">
       <!-- Add Select Article param -->
       <param name="articleId" type="article" default="0" label="Select Article" description="" />
    

    You will also need to add config button to the toolbar on the component's default view

    // Add this code in the display() method of the view
    // @todo change com_mycomponent to your component's name
    JToolBarHelper::preferences('com_mycomponent')