Joomla component parameters configuration

15. February
2011

Written by Miha

When you make a component you need a few parameters that can be configured - for example email, number of items shown on a page etc. This can be easily achieved with component parameters configuration that Joomla! 1.5 has support for.

All we need to do is a config.xml and put it in a administration/components/com_OURCOMPONENT/

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE install SYSTEM
"http://dev.joomla.org/xml/1.5/component-install.dtd">
<root>
 <params>
 <param type="text" name="email_from" size="15"
 label="Email sender:" description="It will be shown as FROM address" />
 <param type="text" name="confirmationMail" size="15"
 label="Owner mail:" description="Oreder details will be sent here" />
 <param type="radio" name="sendConfirmationMail" label="Send mail?:"
 description="Do you want confirmation mail to be sent" default="0">
 <option value="0">NO</option>
 <option value="1">YES</option>
 </param>
 </params>
 </root>

Then you should add a link to parameters configuration. In your view file add a menu item

JToolBarHelper::preferences( 'com_OURCOMPONENT' );

more info can be found in joomla docs

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