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Joomla! is a free and open source Content Management System (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets and a model–view–controller (MVC) Web application framework that can also be used independently. Joomla questions can also be asked on https://joomla.stackexchange.com/

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Joomla! is a free and open source Content Management System () for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets and a model-view-controller () CLI and Web application framework that can also be used independently.

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DOMPDF - attach created PDF to email

What is the easiest way to attach a PDF to an email via DOMPDF? The end of my script I am using (part of it) is below: $dompdf = new DOMPDF(); $dompdf->load_html($html); $dompdf->render(); //below to save the pdf file - not needed if emailing…
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What is the difference between Django and Joomla?

What is the difference between Django and Joomla? Or better still what is the difference between CMSs (Joomla, Drupal, etc) and Web Frameworks (Django, Symphony, Zend, etc)?
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The cost/benefit of learning multiple content management systems

I'm a PHP developer who uses drupal whenever the job looks like it could benefit from a CMS. I was having a discussion with a colleague who said that it helps him a lot with clients that he knows multiple content management systems. To me, this…
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Joomla 3 - How to get value from configuration file?

I'm building a custom component and I just want to get a value from the global config in my controller. I can't find any information about how to do this. Something like... $config = JFactory::getConfig(); $this->_db = $config->get('db');
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Joomla progressive cache doesn't handle modules with variable output

I have a module which allows the user to choose a category, which is then used for filtering the component's output. So when the user first clicks on the menu item, the view shows items from all categories, then as they click on the module, a param…
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Is there a Joomla function to generate the 'alias' field?

I'm writing my own component for Joomla 1.5. I'm trying to figure out how to generate an "alias" (friendly URL slug) for the content I add. In other words, if the title is "The article title", Joomla would use the-article-title by default (you can…
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Delete row if exists

DELETE IF EXIST `#__menu`.* FROM `#__menu` LEFT JOIN `#__extensions` ON `#__extensions`.`name` = 'com_view' WHERE `#__menu`.`component_id` = `#__xtensions`.`extension_id` AND `#__menu`.`alias` = 'view-sites' AND `#__menu`.`path` = 'view-sites' AND…
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Proper handling of request_uri in double nginx reverse proxy?

So, essentially I am running Joomla in a Docker php7-fpm container, then I have an nginx container where a joomla.conf file is defined as follows: #https://docs.joomla.org/nginx server { listen 8081; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log; …
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Joomla 3.2.1 password encryption

When the user register on the site , and I look in the database joomla_users in the password table, there are password stored in the following formats: $P$Do8QrURFT1r0NlWf0X/grdF/aMqwqK/ $P$DH38Lch9z508gJiop3A6u0whTity390 ........ But not in the…
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How to add custom PHP in Joomla?

I'm having a very difficult time putting custom code into my first Joomla website. Is Joomla seriously limited to only the extensions and modules that they already provide? How can I customize it with my own PHP code?
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Change Joomla Administrator URL

Update: Since this question was asked Joomla StackExchange has been setup and the same questions exists there please add any answers or comments to that question Original: I am using Joomla 3.0.3 for a fairly big new client, security is a must. I…
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Write to multiple tables in joomla component?

I'm trying to create a component (front end) that uses multiple tables. I found 1 or 2 post that partially answer to the question but none really does. The point seems always simple and evident for the one who knows how to do it but it is never…
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Importing jQuery into Joomla

I have been a Joomla developer for almost an year now. I have been struggling to import jQuery into joomla everyday. Joomla comes with mootools. When I import jQuery it crashes. Also when I create modules I have to import jQuery into each module…
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Component from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.0

Since the release of Joomla 3.0 Alpha last night, I wanted to try my hand at starting to convert the Joomla 2.5 component I have written to the new Joomla 3.0. I have been following all of the development convos, they said the JController, JView,…
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How to display view without template?

I have view (frontend) in my own component (view.html.php): class MevViewMev extends JView{ function display($tpl = null){ parent::display($tpl); } } And template:
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