Joomla! Documentation™

Description

Method to parse the parameters of an extension, build the INI string for it's default parameters, and return the INI string.

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Syntax

getParams()

Returns

string INI string of parameter values

Defined in

libraries/joomla/installer/installer.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.installer.installer' );

Source Body

function getParams()
{
        // Get the manifest document root element
        $root = & $this->_manifest->document;

        // Get the element of the tag names
        $element =& $root->getElementByPath('params');
        if (!is_a($element, 'JSimpleXMLElement') || !count($element->children())) {
                // Either the tag does not exist or has no children therefore we return zero files processed.
                return null;
        }

        // Get the array of parameter nodes to process
        $params = $element->children();
        if (count($params) == 0) {
                // No params to process
                return null;
        }

        // Process each parameter in the $params array.
        $ini = null;
        foreach ($params as $param) {
                if (!$name = $param->attributes('name')) {
                        continue;
                }

                if (!$value = $param->attributes('default')) {
                        continue;
                }

                $ini .= $name."=".$value."\n";
        }
        return $ini;
}

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