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Stilero
Stilero

Reputation: 461

Ajax call with module helper

Is is possible to handle ajax calls in Joomla without using a component helper?

For example; I want to create a module that makes ajax calls. I know how to handle the call using a component helper (index.php?option=com_myhelper....&format=raw), but instead of a component helper I would like to make this from the module.

Is there some way to call Joomla modules, the same way as you would call a Joomla component from an outside script (http://mydomain.com/index.php?option=com_myhelper....&format=raw) ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3199

Answers (1)

Daviddd
Daviddd

Reputation: 791

Do you need to call an AJAX function from domainA to domainB? If so, you have to use a proxy.

What I did, maybe can help:

JS of the component:

J.ajax({
    type: 'GET',
    url: '/index.php',
    data: {
        option: 'com_mycomponent',
        task: 'getTaskFromTheController',
        param: 'paramValue1'
    },
    success: function(data) {
        J('#suggestions').fadeIn();
        J('#suggestions').html(data);
        J('#suggestions .close-image').click(function() {
            J('#suggestions').fadeOut();                    
        });     
    }

More info about jQuery POST/GET

Add in the controller.php of the component the function getTaskFromTheController

public function getTaskFromTheController()
{
    global $mainframe;
    $model =& $this->getModel();
    // If GET 
    // $param= JRequest::getVar('param');

    // If POST 
    // $param = JRequest::getVar('param', '', 'post', 'string');
    //Or
    // $param = JRequest::getVar('param', '', 'post', 'string', JREQUEST_ALLOWHTML);

    echo $model->getUserTaskAjax($param);
    $mainframe->close();
}

Interesting links: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?p=2424982 http://docs.joomla.org/Adding_AJAX_to_your_component How to use jQuery ajax in Joomla module

Upvotes: 1

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