dmso

hey folks!

i am searching for ages now to find out how i can do the following. hope you can help me.

im writing a module and i want the module not to show the title, so i turned "show title" off in the backend. i want to have an own title, that is only shown when my module actually produces any content.

so i need to have the id of the actual module to get the title string from it (it stays the same as the original title but as explained above is only shown if output).

it is no problem when i have only one instance of my module, but when im running several instances (copy module in backend) it always fetches the title of the first module (my first sql was: select * from mos_module where module = 'mod_xyz')

so my question again: how do i find out the module id in a module php file?

thx,

dmso.

GRAM

You need to change what your SQL is searching for. Each time you copy your module, you should have a new module listing in the administrator backend under Modules/Site Modules. It still uses the same "Type" (your modules file name). There is a colum that lists each modules id. Try searching mos_modules WHERE id=(number from administrator) instead.


It would probably be better to use the id number that mambo gives you when it loads the module. It will be in an object available to the module (unique to each when it is loaded) called $module. You could access the id number and title from this object. $myTitle = $module->title; and myID = $module->id;

The code that creates and inititializes the module is in /includes/frontend.php . Look for the initModules() function.

It is displayed by the modules_html class contained in /includes/frontend.html.php . Look for the module2 function within that class.

The $module object is a mirror of the record in mos_modules for that specific module entry.

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dmso

thank you very much, that was exactly i was looking for.

bye,
dmso