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at April 21, 2011 00:35 by beneberle
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function getSection($iId) { /** function for determining the section ID of a given page, referenced from: * http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=466&t=302292 */ $database = &JFactory::getDBO(); if(JRequest::getVar( 'view', 0) == "section"){ return JRequest::getVar( 'id', 0); }else if(Jrequest::getVar( 'view', 0) == "category"){ $sql = "SELECT section FROM #__categories WHERE id = '$iId'"; $database->setQuery( $sql ); $row=$database->loadResult(); return $row; }else if(Jrequest::getVar('view', 0) == "article"){ $temp=explode(":",JRequest::getVar('id',0)); $sql = "SELECT sectionid FROM #__content WHERE id = ".$temp[0]; $database->setQuery( $sql ); $row=$database->loadResult(); return $row; } } $section_id=getSection(JRequest::getVar('id',0)); if (JRequest::getVar('option') == 'com_glossary') { $section_id = '10'; }
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http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=466&t=302292
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function for determining the section ID of a given page. Good to include in a templatetools.php file inside of a template to set up some custom conditional logic
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Joomla 1.5 - Get Section Function - Template Tools
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joomla
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