Load Module in custom Component.

[bohn002]

Trying to load a module into a custom, non-article related component. I tried adding to my component.

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jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule('modulename');
echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module);

I replaced 'modulename' with both the title of the module and the mod_module name and nothing was loaded.

i even tried

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function plgContentLoadPosition( $position, $style=-2 )
    {
      $document   = JFactory::getDocument();
      $renderer   = $document->loadRenderer('module');
      $params      = array('style'=>$style);
      $contents = '';
      foreach (JModuleHelper::getModules($position) as $mod)  
      {
         $contents .= $renderer->render($mod, $params);
      }
      return $contents;
   }

with

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plgContentLoadPosition('right');

in the body of the component.

So nothing is working, I am trying to load the position 'demo' off a custom html module. How can I do this?

[DeZzL]

*snip

I'm trying to achieve the same thing. Have you had any success with this bohn002?

[bohn002]

nope, have yet to find anything else.

[its_possible]

hi

It can be done this way

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/*************************************************
* Added by sameer to load module find_a_story in this component
 */ 
//jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');

$modules = JModuleHelper::getModules('find_a_story');
foreach( $modules As $mod ){
	echo  $mod->content;
}
/*************************************************/

you can use $mod->title as well

this is not a perfect approach but at least works for me

-sameer
http://possible.in

[sydore]

Hi guys!

This work for me:
jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
// this is where you want to load your module position
$modules = JModuleHelper::getModules('header');
foreach($modules as $module)
{
echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module);
}

[sn00ze]

Hi guys!

This work for me:
jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
// this is where you want to load your module position
$modules = JModuleHelper::getModules('header');
foreach($modules as $module)
{
echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module);
}

thanks, this worked for me!

[sakiss]

Oh sn00ze really thank you!

[KaozDesigns]

Totally love you for this sn00ze.

[jmarinier2]

Hi everybody,

to answer the initial post, this is the correct way use getModule it in Joomla 1.7, you need 2 parameters:

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jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
	$module = JModuleHelper::getModule('mod_yourmodulename','YourModuleTitle'); 

	echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module);

The module called doesn't need to be inserted in a position, I just published it.

But thanks anyway, this thread showed me the way to find the answer, hope this helps others

[DrDigital]

I got a trickier one... How do I load a module thats got advanced parameters and alternative layouts?

I got the module showing... but its not the correct view

[jakabadambalazs]

I got a trickier one... How do I load a module thats got advanced parameters and alternative layouts?
I got the module showing... but its not the correct view

I had the same question - so I looked at the JModuleHelper class in:
libraries/joomla/application/module.helper.php

..and if you check out the function that renders the module - the one you are calling passing it the $module - you'll find this line:
// Get module parameters
$params = new JParameter( $module->params );

So I thought well, I'll give you the params on the module object - but the tricky thing is: what is $params should be array? object? ... o I opened the JParameter class and as it seems to me the only way is to pass it the raw params as a string where each key=value pairs are separated by a newline "\n"

And it works!
Maybe there are other ways but this is quite easy - here is the code:

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jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule('mod_mymodule','MY MODULE NAME');
$mP = array();
$mP[] = "moduleParamName1=value1";
$mP[] = "moduleParamName2=value2";
$mP[] = "moduleParamName3=value3";
$module->params = implode("\n", $mP);
$moduleHtml = JModuleHelper::renderModule($module);
echo $moduleHtml;

The know what are the names and values that you can use for a certain module, open its xml file (u know that).

BTW - this is J!1.5 stuff - I'm still stuck here

[polpaulin]

Hi everybody,

to answer the initial post, this is the correct way use getModule it in Joomla 1.7, you need 2 parameters:

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jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
	$module = JModuleHelper::getModule('mod_yourmodulename','YourModuleTitle'); 

	echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module);

The module called doesn't need to be inserted in a position, I just published it.

But thanks anyway, this thread showed me the way to find the answer, hope this helps others

how can you do the same thing with an article ?

something like
echo JArticleHelper::renderArticle($article);

thank you

[MAtkins]

Over and over, I ask questions here and look up answers and get nothing or the 'dodge' meaning they refer to other links that don't help or provide solutions that don't work.
I had about given up on this forum.

Here were multiple solutions, the best I think were from polpaulin.
Thank You!!
I tried it in version 2.5.
That works like a charm pretty much anywhere I have server side code!!

[dwrightsnap]

I tried all the methods here without any success in 3.1. Anybody got any tips?

[dwrightsnap]

Just kidding, jmarinier2's works, module style was just set to "none"...