obtain the ID of a joomla module

[bobmeetin]

I need to get the ID of a module that has been called into a variable so that I can run a test against it. The test will determine how the module is presented.

Ideally:

if ( $module_id == 123 )
{ do this; }
else
{ something else; }

I saw this Object code which prints out the ID along with a bunch of other stuff, but I don't understand how to extract the ID only and get it into a variable.

jimport( 'joomla.application.module.helper' );
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'login' );
echo '<pre>';
print_r( $module );
echo '</pre>';

[jackrabbit]

If trying to get the ID in a template, use a database call

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$db	= JFactory::getDBO();
$query = 'SELECT id FROM #__modules WHERE id = 123';
$db->setQuery($query);
$moduleID = trim($db->loadResult());

if ( $moduleID ) { do stuff; } else { do other stuff; }

[bobmeetin]

$query = 'SELECT id FROM #__modules WHERE id = 123';

Thanks but unfortunately that does not help because I don't have the ID, 123.

I am using JUMI in a module to run a PHP script. In that script I need to identify the module ID (and some other module parameters, for instance alias or note).

[jackrabbit]

If working within a module, use $module->id;

This statement says you already know the module ID

Ideally:

if ( $module_id == 123 )
{ do this; }
else
{ something else; }

[bobmeetin]

$module_id = $module->id;

That works.

The if statement was hypothetical, not presumptive. i.e. If you educate me with the method to determine the module ID, I will run the if/else.

[sovainfo]

The statement

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$module = JModuleHelper::getModule( 'login' );

makes the $module->id available. You don't need to assign it to a variable. You should use

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if ($module->id > 0 and $module->position == 'top') { echo $module->module; }