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tpow
tpow

Reputation: 7894

Getting Menu Parameters from Joomla

I'm trying to get parameters from the menu table in Joomla. What I have below is working in the sense that it is returning the parameters.

 $menu =   &JSite::getMenu();
 $item =  $menu->getItem($menuId)->params;
 print $items;

However, It's returning them in plain text, as if I had just queried the column and returned the params contents.

Can someone tell me how to return this as an Object or Array so that I can use something like:

$myParam = $item->getParams('theParamIwant');

Upvotes: 6

Views: 21686

Answers (7)

xaddict
xaddict

Reputation: 1328

I think JParameter is obsolete in Joomla! 3.x, so the answer now is something like:

 $app = JFactory::getApplication();
 $menuitem   = $app->getMenu()->getActive(); // get the active item
 $menuitem   = $app->getMenu()->getItem($theid); // or get item by ID
 $params = $menuitem->params; // get the params
 print_r($params); // print all params as overview

You can get the menu_image variable by doing:

 echo $params->get('menu_image');

Or first check if it's filled in and, if it is, echo it:

// using get() with a second parameter makes it fall back to this if nothing is found
$menu_image = $params->get('menu_image', false);
if ($menu_image && strlen($menu_image)) {
   echo "<img src='$menu_image'/>";
}

Or, using a tertiary operator:

$menuimg = $params->get('menu_image')
echo strlen($menuimg) ? "<img src='$menuimg'/>" : '';

Upvotes: 16

Harry Bosh
Harry Bosh

Reputation: 3790

Working in 3.5.1

$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$currentMenuId = JSite::getMenu()->getActive()->id;
$menuitem   = $app->getMenu()->getItem($currentMenuId);
$params = $menuitem->params;
echo $params['menu_image'];

Shows menu item image

Upvotes: 0

subash pandey
subash pandey

Reputation: 63

 ($currentMenuId = JSite::getMenu()->getActive()->id ; // `enter code here`
    $document =& JFactory::getDocument(); // `enter code here`
    $app = JFactory::getApplication(); // `enter code here`
    $menuitem   = $app->getMenu()->getItem($currentMenuId); // or get item by ID `enter code here`
    $params = $menuitem->params; // get the params `enter code here`
    $params->get('menu-meta_keywords');
    if($document->description == '') // 116 is the ID number of the menu pointing to the component `enter code here`
    {
    $this->setMetaData( 'description', $params->get('menu-meta_description') );
    $this->setMetaData( 'keywords', $params->get('menu-meta_keywords') );
    }
    else
    {
    // do nothing
    })

Upvotes: 0

Valentin Despa
Valentin Despa

Reputation: 42622

$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$params = $app->getParams();
$yourParameter = $params->get('YOURPARAMETERNAME');

Upvotes: 0

denis
denis

Reputation: 31

It doesn't work

Try to use this:

$params = $menus->getParams($menuId);
$myParam = $params->get('theParamIwant');

Upvotes: 3

Kenny Kaane
Kenny Kaane

Reputation: 1

JParameter is deprecated in Joomla 2.5, so to get Kevin's code to work add

jimport( 'joomla.html.parameter' ) before i.e

jimport( 'joomla.html.parameter' );
$item = $menu->getItem($menuId);
$params = new JParameter($item->params);
$myParam = $params->get('theParamIwant');

Upvotes: -1

Kevin Strong
Kevin Strong

Reputation: 96

You need to use the JParameter class to read the params. Try something like this:

$item = $menu->getItem($menuId);
$params = new JParameter($item->params);
$myParam = $params->get('theParamIwant');

Upvotes: 8

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