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Description

Get the path to a layout for a module

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Syntax

getLayoutPath($module, $layout= 'default')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$module		$module The name of the module
$layout	'default'	$layout The name of the module layout

Returns

string The path to the module layout

Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/module/helper.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.application.module.helper' );

Source Body

function getLayoutPath($module, $layout = 'default')
{
        global $mainframe;

        // Build the template and base path for the layout
        $tPath = JPATH_BASE.DS.'templates'.DS.$mainframe->getTemplate().DS.'html'.DS.$module.DS.$layout.'.php';
        $bPath = JPATH_BASE.DS.'modules'.DS.$module.DS.'tmpl'.DS.$layout.'.php';

        // If the template has a layout override use it
        if (file_exists($tPath)) {
                return $tPath;
        } else {
                return $bPath;
        }
}

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