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joomla2.5
Rob
Rob

Reputation: 357

Why is my Joomla 2.5 plugin not working?

I have created and successfully installed a plugin in Joomla 2.5 with the following code

<?php
// no direct access
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );

class plgCustomFunctions extends JPlugin 
{
    public function onContentPrepare($context, &$article, &$params, $page = 0)
    {
        $article->title = "Something!";
        return true;
    }
}?>

My understanding is that this should overwrite the title of every article. That isn't happening. What am I missing?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 993

Answers (2)

Marko D
Marko D

Reputation: 7576

I think the problem is in the class name, it should be

class plgContentCustomFunctions extends JPlugin

Otherwise Joomla autoloader won't be able to find it

Offtopic: anyone interested in adding tag synonyms for Joomla, please give your opinion

Upvotes: 6

Valentin Despa
Valentin Despa

Reputation: 42622

So first of all, make sure that your plugin is properly installed and it's activated.

Your problem is that you are trying to set a property that does not really exist:

$article->title = "Something!";

If you do a var_dump($article); you will see that the only property passed is 'text'.

So with this

$article->text = "Something!";

This is obviously a limitation of the onContentPrepare method.

Maybe you can find an event that triggers when saving the article.

Upvotes: 0

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