home page check

igd · Post by **igd** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:27 pm

in my template index.php what basic php if/else can i do to check and see if I am on the home page.

Post by **ooffick** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:11 pm

Hi,

the simplest one would be to do the following:

<?php if(JRequest::getVar('view') == "frontpage" ) : ?>
<!-- your home page code -->
<?php else : ?>
<!-- your code -->
<?php endif; ?>

Olaf

igd · Post by **igd** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:22 pm

cheers your awesome.

andpatton · Post by **andpatton** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:43 pm

I recently wanted to do a home page check in a template for a site that didn't use the 'frontpage' view, which made Olaf's method inapplicable.

There's a fairly easy way to do a more robust check, however, one that checks what the default menu item is and if it's the current menu item, rather than just checking if it's the frontpage view:

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<?php $menu = &JSite::getMenu();
if (JRequest::getInt('Itemid') == $menu->getDefault()) : ?>
<!-- your home page code -->
<?php else : ?>
<!-- your code -->
<?php endif; ?>

safani · Post by **safani** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:26 pm

I have been searching the forums and have yet to find an answer to my particular issue. I need to have a php if and else statement that will output certain javascript if joomla is on a certain page only. The page is not the home page, so I can't use that code. I have looked for ways to filter to whatever page you want, but to no avail.

If page is 2nd menu link, then print these javascripts in head, else do not print javascipts.

andpatton · Post by **andpatton** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:34 pm

safani wrote:If page is 2nd menu link, then print these javascripts in head, else do not print javascipts.

You only want this JS on a single page? If so, just find out that menu item's ID (go to Menus -> [Your Menu], and find the number in the "ItemID" column for the page's menu item). Then, put the following code in the <head> of your template, where you replace your_id with the number you just found:

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<?php if (JRequest::getInt('Itemid') == your_id) : ?>
<!-- special javascript -->
<?php endif; ?>

The "special javascript" will only be printed if your are currently viewing the page specified.

osnysantos · Post by **osnysantos** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:17 pm

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<?php if (JRequest::getInt('Itemid') == your_id) : ?>
<!-- special javascript -->
<?php endif; ?>

This is the only solution that works in Joomla 1.6 apparently...
Does anyone know another solution for Joomla 1.6?

andpatton · Post by **andpatton** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:14 pm

osnysantos wrote:Does anyone know another solution for Joomla 1.6?

You just need to adapt one line of the existing code, I believe. I don’t have an install where I quickly test this, but

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<?php $menu = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu();
if (JRequest::getInt('Itemid') == $menu->getDefault()) : ?>
<!-- your home page code -->
<?php else : ?>
<!-- your code -->
<?php endif; ?>

should work. The method of getting the $menu is the only thing that has changed, as far as I can tell.

osnysantos · Post by **osnysantos** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:47 am

doesn't work...

kurian_86 · Post by **kurian_86** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:50 am

@andpatton:

I am using joomla 1.6 and I have used your suggested code but its else portion is working just. It is not getting the "if" portion. Can anybody guide me please?

Regards and thanks

teensicle · Post by **teensicle** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:43 pm

what if i want to check for pages other than the homepage?

kurian_86 · Post by **kurian_86** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:05 am

follow this link:http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_determine ... front_page

ServatorD · Post by **ServatorD** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:03 pm

kurian_86 wrote:follow this link:http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_determine ... front_page

I am working in Joomla 1.7 and this worked perfectly for me.

mdb172 · Post by **mdb172** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:47 am

Yes, 1.7 solution works in 2.5, also.

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<?php
$menu = JSite::getMenu();
if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) {
	echo 'This is the front page';
}
?>

from here:
http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_determine ... front_page

bbolli · Post by **bbolli** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:18 pm

Being Joomla is OOP you can chain the methods preventing any need to declare classes.

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<?php if (JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu()->getActive() == JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu()->getDefault()) : ?>
   echo "I'm a front page!";
<?php else : ?>
   echo "I bring dishonor to this page...";
<?php endif; ?>

If someone needs multi-language or varying default pages depending on language you should certainly review the Joomla Documentation link from mdb172.

bbolli · Post by **bbolli** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:46 pm

You should just assume that what works in 1.5 won't work in 2.5. Since 1.6 and 1.7 were transitions, a lot of legacy functionality was depreciated, meaning some legacy extensions still worked. That is not the case with 2.5 which officially removed all depreciated classes and methods.

The below code does the same for 1.5:

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if (JSite::getMenu()->getActive() == JSite::getMenu()->getDefault()) {
	echo 'This is the front page';
}

admod · Post by **admod** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:44 pm

Hi pals,
in Joomla 2.5.6

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<?php if(JRequest::getVar('view') == "featured" ) : ?>
<!-- your home page code -->
<?php else : ?>
<!-- your code -->
<?php endif; ?>

will work, pls check that in other versions too

Thanks
Anes

natalierey · Post by **natalierey** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:26 am

This works for joomla but it doesnt work in Jomres inner pages. I am using jomres on home page and when I click on a property to view property details it still renders it on the home page so

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if($this->countModules( 'position_name' )

doesnt work on those inner pages as it will still be consideres home page. you have to implement custom checks by getting current URL etc.

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$app = JFactory::getApplication();
    $menu = $app->getMenu();
    if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault() && !$matched) {

garkell · Post by **garkell** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:29 am

In Joomla! 3.0.3 I did the following which works on basic test, but if anyone can point out any issues with using this mechanism I would appreciate it.

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$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$menu = $app->getMenu();
if ($menu->getActive()->home) {
    echo 'This is Home Page'; 
}

nikonor · Post by **nikonor** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 6:39 pm

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if(JURI::root()!=JURI::current()) {
//not mainpage
}else{
//mainpage
}

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