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Below code allows me to show the user's name in the profile page of the Joomla profile of a user. Given that I have overridden the template to get the look and feel I want. $user =& JFactory::getUser(); if (!$user->guest) { echo 'You are logged in as:<br />'; echo 'Real name: ' . $user->name . ''; } My problem is I allow user to update his or her profile. After he updates the his name, database is updated correctly but it does not show the updated name in the profile page. When I go through Joomla docs I found out that user data is stored in the session(JFactory::getUser()). If I print_r($

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I'm developing a custom plugin for Joomla 3. I'm trying to make an ajax call to my plugin. I've looked into the Joomla Ajax Interface and followed what was described. But when I make the call, the json response is empty, even if I'm echoing a value. Here is my PHP code: class plgContentMyPlugin extends JPlugin { public static function onAjaxSendMail() { //Get the app $app = JFactory::getApplication(); $data = "test"; //echo the data echo json_encode($data); //close the $app $app->close(); } } Here is my Ajax request: jQuery.ajax( { type: "POST", url: "index.php?option=com_ajax&plugin=myplugin

How can I use cookies in a Joomla component? setcookie( JUtility::getHash('JLOGIN_REMEMBER'), false, time() - 86400, '/' ); Can anybody describe how this works? // Get input cookie object $inputCookie = JFactory::getApplication()->input->cookie; // Get cookie data $value = $inputCookie->get($name = 'myCookie', $defaultValue = null); // Check that cookie exists $cookieExists = ($value !== null); // Set cookie data $inputCookie->set($name = 'myCookie', $value = '123', $expire = 0); // Remove cookie $inputCookie->set('myCookie', null, time() - 1); Some rules about $expire value its a Unix

I'm trying to insert an additional button in Joomla's article editor. It's using the default TinyMCE plug in Extended mode. As you'll already know there are 4 buttons underneath the editor (Article, Image, Page Break and Read More). What I'd like to do is insert a 5th button. (I did attach a image button SO said I can't post as need a minimum of 10 rep points.) I have tried copying the Page Break Button plugin and renaming it etc, then re-installing it as a new plugin, but all that does it cause errors with TinyMCE and no button appears. Question : How do I insert the button? I've continued my

I want to build the below query using joomla inbuilt database class. SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1 This is the query I have built up to now. $db =& JFactory::getDBO(); $query = $db->getQuery(true); $query->select($db->nameQuote('*')); $query->from($db->nameQuote(TABLE_PREFIX.'table_name')); $db->setQuery($query); $rows = $db->loadObjectList(); I don't know how to add the limit(LIMIT 1) to the query. Can someone please tell me how to do it? Thanks Older than Joomla 3.0 $db = JFactory::getDBO(); $query = $db->getQuery(true); $query->select('*') ->from($db->nameQuote('#__table