Turn on Joomla error reporting to FULL in configuration.php
var $error_reporting = ‘-1’; // NONE var $error_reporting = ‘2048’; // FULL
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Joomla component/module XML parameter element types eg. calendar, textfield, categories path
/libraries/joomla/html/parameter/element http://docs.joomla.org/Tutorial:Template_parameters
PHP MYSQL code for SELECT, UPDATE, LOADRESULT and LOADOBJECT examples
PHP mysql_connect for UPDATE example mysql_select_db(“database”, $con); $result = mysql_query(“ALTER TABLE jos_acajoom_subscribers ADD interested_in varchar(200); “); if (!$result) { die(‘Invalid query: ‘ . mysql_error()); } mysql_close($con) Joomla MYSQL loadResult example global $database; $sql = ‘SELECT title FROM #__categories’; $database->setQuery( $sql
Illegal characters in MYSQLdump solution:
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Magento – display product attributes in category list page
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Magento admin page xxx.com/index.php/admin gives 404 error.
Magento admin page xxx.com/index.php/admin gives 404 error. SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; UPDATE `core_store` SET store_id = 0 WHERE code=’admin’; UPDATE `core_store_group` SET group_id = 0 WHERE name=’Default’; UPDATE `core_website` SET website_id = 0 WHERE code=’admin’; UPDATE `customer_group` SET customer_group_id = 0 WHERE
Fix the Magento Database import error : Can’t create table ‘api_session.frm’ (errno: 150).
Fix the Magento Database import error : Can’t create table ‘api_session.frm’ (errno: 150). the problem is caused by having ENGINE=InnoDB in lines for foreign keys. edit the file and do a find/replace for “ENGINE=InnoDB” to remove them. Make sure to
Joomla countModules function example
Joomla countModules function <?php if ($this->countModules( ‘user1’ )) : ?> <div id=”image_division”><jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”slider_image” style=”xhtml” /> </div> <?php endif; ?>
Joomla default menu (homepage), view and option variables in index.php template file
Joomla default menu (homepage), view, option variables in index.php // if a section set background body type for background image $menu = &JSite::getMenu(); // echo the menu item nameecho $menu->getActive()->name;echo $menu->getActive()->id; // id number if ( JRequest::getCmd(‘view’) === “section” )
Obtain Joomla Base URL in index.php template
Obtain Joomla Base URL in index.php template file Use : echo $this->baseurl; eg. <img src=”<?phpecho “$this->baseurl/images/some_special_file.jpg”;?>