This page forms a summary of new techniques available in the version 1.5 API and their version 1.0 counterparts where applicable.
| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
$id = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'id', 0 );
| $id = JRequest::getVar( 'id', 0 );
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| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
global $acl;
| $acl =& JFactory::getACL();
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global $mosConfig_live_site;
| $mainframe->getCfg( 'live_site' );
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global $database;
| $database = $mainframe->getDBO();
// or:
$database = &JFactory::getDBO();
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| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
mosNotAuth();
| JError::raiseError( 403, JText::_("ALERTNOTAUTH") );
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| A fatal error | if (!$row->check())
{
JError::raiseError( 500, $row->getError());
}
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| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
$mainframe->getPath( 'admin_html' )
| JApplicationHelper::getPath('admin_html')
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| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
echo _HELLO;
| echo JText::_( 'Hello' );
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| UTF8 Safe Lower Casing |
| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
| List pagination | jimport('joomla.presentation.pagination');
$pagination = new JPagination($total, $limitstart, $limit);
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| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
Listing files or folders mosReadDirectory(...)
| JFolder::files(...)
// or
JFolder::files(...)
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| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
| Get the menu parameters in a component (frontend) | jimport('joomla.application.extension.component');
$mParams = &JComponentHelper::getMenuParams();
// example:
$pageclass_sfx = $mParams->get( 'pageclass_sfx' );
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| Get the control (model, view, controller, renderer, template) parameters in a component (frontend) | jimport('joomla.application.extension.component');
$cParams = &JComponentHelper::getControlParams();
// example:
$viewName = $cParams->get('view_name');
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The use of the BUTTON tag is prefered to INPUT.
| Old Way / Usage | New Way |
| Submit Button | <button onclick="this.form.submit();"><?php echo JText::_( 'Go' ); ?></button>
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