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Chad J Treadway
Chad J Treadway

Reputation: 422

Joomla 3 params from another template

Is it possible to get the template parameters from one template into another template? And if so how? I am basically trying to reuse some parameters I have in my main template in one that I am doing for IE8 an less users.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 124

Answers (2)

Brian Bolli
Brian Bolli

Reputation: 1873

Here is a much cleaner means to achieve the same thing. For the sample code I'm loading Joomla 3.2 included Protostar template's manifest file and retrieving the template color field.

jimport('joomla.filesystem.file');
$params = new JRegistry(JFile::read(JPATH_ROOT . '/templates/protostar/templateDetails.xml'));
$color = $params->get('templateColor');

Upvotes: 1

Chad J Treadway
Chad J Treadway

Reputation: 422

For anyone who comes across this in the future here is what I finally figure out how to do. If someone has a better solution, please post.

$db = JFactory::getDBO();
$sql = "SELECT params FROM `#__template_styles` WHERE `id` = 9"; //Set equal to template id
$db->setQuery($sql); 
$db->query();
$row = $db->loadRow();
$json = $row[0];

$arrayExtract = json_decode($json, true);
extract($arrayExtract, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, "dup");
//Note: this will add an underscore to end of dup
//      in all my searching, I never saw it documented
//      stumbled upon it by accident

//templateDetails.xml -> params 
echo $dup_logoText . "<br>";
echo $dup_Address . "<br>";

I could see this being utilized for an intranet type situation, where one wanted to use the params from the main template in the intranet template, not just for the IE 8 workaround as was in my original question.

Upvotes: 0

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