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J-D
J-D

Reputation: 774

Are there any special event hooks for joomla modules

I have been searching special event hooks for use to track and update module forms. I found contenthooks on the documentation site but I couldn't get anything for modules. I want to add a plugin so that it adds an extra field viz. radio button to every module form. Finally I want to use the value of this radio field in templates/your-template/html/module.php. Can someone point me in the right direction towards this. Thanks :)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 472

Answers (2)

Elin
Elin

Reputation: 6755

Take a look at the new com_ajax that is in 3.2.

Upvotes: 0

Adam Bubela
Adam Bubela

Reputation: 10063

Jooma does not have event driven structure like for example .NET or Java. However if you want to trigger some additional functionality on certain event you may create a plugin. Plugin is something different than module or component but it 'collaborates' with them. It handles some per-defined events: [http://docs.joomla.org/Plugin/Events][1]

[1]: http://docs.joomla.org/Plugin/Events and it lets you define your own.

You may also try the way I usually take which is customize module display. You simply copy

view file of the module you want to modify to your template. For example:

/modules/mod_feed/tmpl/default.php

to

/templates/{your template}/mod_feed/default.php

Now you can freely modify this file without any risk that it may be overwritten on the next Joomla update. Just don't forget to set your overwrite in module settings: go to administrator, modules, choose module to edit and in the tab 'Advanced' select 'Alternative Layout'.

I hope this helps and good luck!

Upvotes: 2

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