Category: Code Snippets

There are many scenarios where you may need to check what group(s) a user is in. For example, I use this code to check if users are in my “Sponsors” group. If they are, I don’t display any advertisements for them and I show them a shiny purple star. Snippet Function Example This is how […]

The following code snippets use Joomla’s Database Classes to retrieve information about any article in the __content table of your Joomla database. Note that every function requires you to use Factory. So be sure to include the use statement at the top of the file you’re using any of these functions in. Remember, querying the […]

Suppose you want to create a custom article option in Joomla 4/5. In this example, I’m creating two fields -> “showspecialtext” and “specialtext”.  The “showspecialtext” field will be a boolean with a value of 0 or 1. If it it zero, nothing will happen on the single article page. If it’s 1, it will print […]

Custom Fields may be useful in many Joomla extensions. They can be added by calling a custom script file upon an extension install or uninstall. The script will use Joomla’s database driver to manually insert new custom field records. I created this code to go along with my guide on loading custom article fields within layout […]

In my guide on custom user fields in Joomla, I show how to add custom fields to a user’s profile. By default, Joomla only allows you to use these fields to show or save information about users. If you’re a developer, you can use this to programmatically add user-specific functionality to your website.  Scenario Suppose you want […]