Developing a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Component for Joomla!1.6 – Part 09
Developing a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Component for Joomla!1.6 – Part 09

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Introduction

This tutorial is part of the Developing a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Component for Joomla!1.6 tutorial. You are encouraged to read the previous parts of the tutorial before reading this.

Adding a toolbar

In Joomla!1.6, the administrator interacts generally with components through the use of a toolbar. In the file admin/views/helloworlds/view.html.php put this content. It will create a basic toolbar and a title for the component.

admin/views/helloworlds/view.html.php

<?php  // No direct access to this file  defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');     // import Joomla view library  jimport('joomla.application.component.view');     /**   * HelloWorlds View   */  class HelloWorldViewHelloWorlds extends JView  {  	/**  	 * HelloWorlds view display method  	 * @return void  	 */  	function display($tpl = null)   	{  		// Get data from the model  		$items = $this->get('Items');  		$pagination = $this->get('Pagination');     		// Check for errors.  		if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors')))   		{  			JError::raiseError(500, implode('<br />', $errors));  			return false;  		}  		// Assign data to the view  		$this->items = $items;  		$this->pagination = $pagination;     		// Set the toolbar  		$this->addToolBar();     		// Display the template  		parent::display($tpl);  	}     	/**  	 * Setting the toolbar  	 */  	protected function addToolBar()   	{  		JToolBarHelper::title(JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLDS'));  		JToolBarHelper::deleteList('', 'helloworlds.delete');  		JToolBarHelper::editList('helloworld.edit');  		JToolBarHelper::addNew('helloworld.add');  	}  }  

You can find others classic backend actions in the administrator/includes/toolbar.php file of your Joomla!1.6 installation.

Since the view can perform some actions, we have to add some input data. With your favorite file manager and editor, put in the file admin/views/helloworlds/tmpl/default.php

admin/views/helloworlds/tmpl/default.php

<?php  // No direct access to this file  defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted Access');  // load tooltip behavior  JHtml::_('behavior.tooltip');  ?>  <form action="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_helloworld'); ?>" method="post" name="adminForm">  	<table class="adminlist">  		<thead><?php echo $this->loadTemplate('head');?></thead>  		<tfoot><?php echo $this->loadTemplate('foot');?></tfoot>  		<tbody><?php echo $this->loadTemplate('body');?></tbody>  	</table>  	<div>  		<input type="hidden" name="task" value="" />  		<input type="hidden" name="boxchecked" value="0" />  		<?php echo JHtml::_('form.token'); ?>  	</div>  </form>  

Adding specific controllers

Three actions have been added:

  • helloworlds.delete
  • helloworld.edit
  • helloworld.add

These are compound tasks (controller.task). So two new controllers HelloWorldControllerHelloWorlds and HelloWorldControllerHelloWorld have to be coded.

admin/controllers/helloworlds.php

<?php  // No direct access to this file  defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');     // import Joomla controlleradmin library  jimport('joomla.application.component.controlleradmin');     /**   * HelloWorlds Controller   */  class HelloWorldControllerHelloWorlds extends JControllerAdmin  {  	/**  	 * Proxy for getModel.  	 * @since	1.6  	 */  	public function getModel($name = 'HelloWorld', $prefix = 'HelloWorldModel')   	{  		$model = parent::getModel($name, $prefix, array('ignore_request' => true));  		return $model;  	}  }  

admin/controllers/helloworld.php

<?php  // No direct access to this file  defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');     // import Joomla controllerform library  jimport('joomla.application.component.controllerform');     /**   * HelloWorld Controller   */  class HelloWorldControllerHelloWorld extends JControllerForm  {  }  

Adding an editing view

With your favorite file manager and editor, put a file admin/views/helloworld/view.html.php containing:

admin/views/helloworld/view.html.php

<?php  // No direct access to this file  defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');     // import Joomla view library  jimport('joomla.application.component.view');     /**   * HelloWorld View   */  class HelloWorldViewHelloWorld extends JView  {  	/**  	 * display method of Hello view  	 * @return void  	 */  	public function display($tpl = null)   	{  		// get the Data  		$form = $this->get('Form');  		$item = $this->get('Item');     		// Check for errors.  		if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors')))   		{  			JError::raiseError(500, implode('<br />', $errors));  			return false;  		}  		// Assign the Data  		$this->form = $form;  		$this->item = $item;     		// Set the toolbar  		$this->addToolBar();     		// Display the template  		parent::display($tpl);  	}     	/**  	 * Setting the toolbar  	 */  	protected function addToolBar()   	{  		JRequest::setVar('hidemainmenu', true);  		$isNew = ($this->item->id == 0);  		JToolBarHelper::title($isNew ? JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLD_NEW') : JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_MANAGER_HELLOWORLD_EDIT'));  		JToolBarHelper::save('helloworld.save');  		JToolBarHelper::cancel('helloworld.cancel', $isNew ? 'JTOOLBAR_CANCEL' : 'JTOOLBAR_CLOSE');  	}  }  

This view will display data using a layout.

Put a file admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/edit.php containing

admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/edit.php

<?php  // No direct access  defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');  JHtml::_('behavior.tooltip');  ?>  <form action="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_helloworld&layout=edit&id='.(int) $this->item->id); ?>" method="post" name="adminForm" id="helloworld-form">  	<fieldset class="adminform">  		<legend><?php echo JText::_( 'COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_DETAILS' ); ?></legend>  		<ul class="adminformlist">  <?php foreach($this->form->getFieldset() as $field): ?>  			<li><?php echo $field->label;echo $field->input;?></li>  <?php endforeach; ?>  		</ul>  	</fieldset>  	<div>  		<input type="hidden" name="task" value="helloworld.edit" />  		<?php echo JHtml::_('form.token'); ?>  	</div>  </form>  

Adding a model and modifying the existing one

The HelloWorldViewHelloWorld view asks form and data from a model. This model has to provide a getTable, a getForm method and a loadData method (called from the JModelAdmin controller)

admin/models/helloworld.php

<?php  // No direct access to this file  defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');     // import Joomla modelform library  jimport('joomla.application.component.modeladmin');     /**   * HelloWorld Model   */  class HelloWorldModelHelloWorld extends JModelAdmin  {  	/**  	 * Returns a reference to the a Table object, always creating it.  	 *  	 * @param	type	The table type to instantiate  	 * @param	string	A prefix for the table class name. Optional.  	 * @param	array	Configuration array for model. Optional.  	 * @return	JTable	A database object  	 * @since	1.6  	 */  	public function getTable($type = 'HelloWorld', $prefix = 'HelloWorldTable', $config = array())   	{  		return JTable::getInstance($type, $prefix, $config);  	}  	/**  	 * Method to get the record form.  	 *  	 * @param	array	$data		Data for the form.  	 * @param	boolean	$loadData	True if the form is to load its own data (default case), false if not.  	 * @return	mixed	A JForm object on success, false on failure  	 * @since	1.6  	 */  	public function getForm($data = array(), $loadData = true)   	{  		// Get the form.  		$form = $this->loadForm('com_helloworld.helloworld', 'helloworld', array('control' => 'jform', 'load_data' => $loadData));  		if (empty($form))   		{  			return false;  		}  		return $form;  	}  	/**  	 * Method to get the data that should be injected in the form.  	 *  	 * @return	mixed	The data for the form.  	 * @since	1.6  	 */  	protected function loadFormData()   	{  		// Check the session for previously entered form data.  		$data = JFactory::getApplication()->getUserState('com_helloworld.edit.helloworld.data', array());  		if (empty($data))   		{  			$data = $this->getItem();  		}  		return $data;  	}  }  

This model inherits from the JModelAdmin class and uses its loadForm method. This method searches for forms in the forms folder. With your favorite file manager and editor, put a file admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml containing:

admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <form>  	<fieldset>  		<field  			name="id"  			type="hidden"  		/>  		<field  			name="greeting"  			type="text"  			label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_GREETING_LABEL"  			description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_GREETING_DESC"  			size="40"  			class="inputbox"  			default=""  		/>  	</fieldset>  </form>  

Packaging the component

Content of your code directory


Create a compressed file of this directory or directly download the archive, modify the code in /admin/models/helloworld.php and install it using the extension manager of Joomla!1.6. You can add a menu item of this component using the menu manager in the backend.

helloworld.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <extension type="component" version="1.6.0" method="upgrade">     	<name>Hello World!</name>  	<!-- The following elements are optional and free of formatting conttraints -->  	<creationDate>November 2009</creationDate>  	<author>John Doe</author>  	<authorEmail>[email protected]</authorEmail>  	<authorUrl>http://www.example.org</authorUrl>  	<copyright>Copyright Info</copyright>  	<license>License Info</license>  	<!--  The version string is recorded in the components table -->  	<version>0.0.9</version>  	<!-- The description is optional and defaults to the name -->  	<description>COM_HELLOWORLD_DESCRIPTION</description>     	<install> <!-- Runs on install -->  		<sql>  			<file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/install.mysql.utf8.sql</file>  		</sql>  	</install>  	<uninstall> <!-- Runs on uninstall -->  		<sql>  			<file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/uninstall.mysql.utf8.sql</file>  		</sql>  	</uninstall>  	<update> <!-- Runs on update; New in 1.6 -->  		<schemas>  			<schemapath type="mysql">sql/updates/mysql</schemapath>  		</schemas>  	</update>     	<!-- Site Main File Copy Section -->  	<!-- Note the folder attribute: This attribute describes the folder  		to copy FROM in the package to install therefore files copied  		in this section are copied from /site/ in the package -->  	<files folder="site">  		<filename>index.html</filename>  		<filename>helloworld.php</filename>  		<filename>controller.php</filename>  		<folder>views</folder>  		<folder>models</folder>  		<folder>language</folder>  	</files>     	<administration>  		<!-- Administration Menu Section -->  		<menu>COM_HELLOWORLD_MENU</menu>  		<!-- Administration Main File Copy Section -->  		<!-- Note the folder attribute: This attribute describes the folder  			to copy FROM in the package to install therefore files copied  			in this section are copied from /admin/ in the package -->  		<files folder="admin">  			<!-- Admin Main File Copy Section -->  			<filename>index.html</filename>  			<filename>helloworld.php</filename>  			<filename>controller.php</filename>  			<!-- SQL files section -->  			<folder>sql</folder>  			<!-- tables files section -->  			<folder>tables</folder>  			<!-- models files section -->  			<folder>models</folder>  			<!-- views files section -->  			<folder>views</folder>  			<!-- controllers files section -->  			<folder>controllers</folder>  		</files>     		<languages folder="admin">  			<language tag="en-GB">language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.ini</language>  			<language tag="en-GB">language/en-GB/en-GB.com_helloworld.sys.ini</language>  		</languages>  	</administration>     </extension>  

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