Re: Calling $this->baseurl in a template override?

[Chris Davenport]

$this in an override is not the same object as $this in a template.

Use JURI::base( true ) instead.

Chris.

2009/12/13 Jason Dreyzehner <jason...@googlemail.com>

Hey everyone,

This is my first go at template overrides, and I'm just trying to
override mod_syndicate with this:

<?php // no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access'); ?>

<a href="<?php echo $link ?>"  title="Subscribe to this Pages RSS Feed">
       <img src="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/sequoyahlodge/images/
RSS-icon.png" alt="RSS Icon" />
</a>

But it seems like $this->baseurl doesn't work here. Am I missing
something? How can I call for a specific image within my template?

Thanks for your help,
Jason

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[Ian MacLennan]

I think the main difference would be the module vs component aspect of it, though I could be wrong.  In a component, included from the JView::display method you have a document object, whereas in a module you don't.

Ian

[Oli Griffiths]

Its quite simple really.

In a template override the file (eg template/html/com_content/article/default.php) is included by the view of the component, thus $this in the context of a template override refers to the instance of JView for that component
The template file (eg templates/mytemplate/index.php) however is included by the Jdocument (or a derivative of eg JDocumentHTML) object and as such, $this in the context of a template refers to the instance of Jdocument

The 2 $this’s are in no way related between a template and a template override, and the template overrides are called when the component is called, quite a while before the template index.php file is included.

Hope this makes sense.

Oli

On 14/12/2009 04:06, "Ian MacLennan" <ian.ma...@joomla.org> wrote:

I think the main difference would be the module vs component aspect of it, though I could be wrong.  In a component, included from the JView::display method you have a document object, whereas in a module you don't.

Ian


On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Chris Davenport <chris.d...@joomla.org> wrote:

$this in an override is not the same object as $this in a template.

Use JURI::base( true ) instead.

Chris.


2009/12/13 Jason Dreyzehner <jason...@googlemail.com>

Hey everyone,

This is my first go at template overrides, and I'm just trying to
override mod_syndicate with this:

<?php // no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access'); ?>

<a href="<?php echo $link ?>"  title="Subscribe to this Pages RSS Feed">
        <img src="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/sequoyahlodge/images/
RSS-icon.png" alt="RSS Icon" />
</a>

But it seems like $this->baseurl doesn't work here. Am I missing
something? How can I call for a specific image within my template?

Thanks for your help,
Jason

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[klas berlič]

Thank you for making that clear - perhaps template override should be referred to as "view template override" to avoid confusion?

2009/12/14 Oli Griffiths <o...@organic-development.com>

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[Louis Landry]

I tend to refer to them as layout overrides... as that what they technically are.  The layouts are a sub-system of the views.

- Louis

2009/12/14 klas berlič <klas....@gmail.com>

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[Ian MacLennan]

I thought I remembered seeing some trickery and black magic happening, but it seems there isn't.  $this->baseurl works in layout overrides for components because JView sets that variable in the constructor.

Ian