Developing a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Component for Joomla!1.6

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import joomla controller library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controller');
 
// Get an instance of the controller prefixed by HelloWorld
$controller = JController::getInstance('HelloWorld');
 
// Perform the Request task
$controller->execute(JRequest::getCmd('task'));
 
// Redirect if set by the controller
$controller->redirect();

// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import Joomla controller library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controller');
 
/**
 * Hello World Component Controller
 */
class HelloWorldController extends JController
{
}

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import Joomla view library
jimport('joomla.application.component.view');
 
/**
 * HTML View class for the HelloWorld Component
 */
class HelloWorldViewHelloWorld extends JView
{
        // Overwriting JView display method
        function display($tpl = null) 
        {
                // Assign data to the view
                $this->msg = 'Hello World';
 
                // Display the view
                parent::display($tpl);
        }
}

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
?>
<h1><?php echo $this->msg; ?></h1>

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import Joomla modelitem library
jimport('joomla.application.component.modelitem');
 
/**
 * HelloWorld Model
 */
class HelloWorldModelHelloWorld extends JModelItem
{
        /**
         * @var string msg
         */
        protected $msg;
 
        /**
         * Get the message
         * @return string The message to be displayed to the user
         */
        public function getMsg() 
        {
                if (!isset($this->msg)) 
                {
                        $this->msg = 'Hello World!';
                }
                return $this->msg;
        }
}

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import Joomla view library
jimport('joomla.application.component.view');
 
/**
 * HTML View class for the HelloWorld Component
 */
class HelloWorldViewHelloWorld extends JView
{
        // Overwriting JView display method
        function display($tpl = null) 
        {
                // Assign data to the view
                $this->msg = $this->get('Msg');
 
                // Check for errors.
                if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors'))) 
                {
                        JError::raiseError(500, implode('<br />', $errors));
                        return false;
                }
                // Display the view
                parent::display($tpl);
        }
}

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import Joomla modelitem library
jimport('joomla.application.component.modelitem');
 
/**
 * HelloWorld Model
 */
class HelloWorldModelHelloWorld extends JModelItem
{
        /**
         * @var string msg
         */
        protected $msg;
 
        /**
         * Get the message
         * @return string The message to be displayed to the user
         */
        public function getMsg() 
        {
                if (!isset($this->msg)) 
                {
                        $id = JRequest::getInt('id');
                        switch ($id) 
                        {
                        case 2:
                                $this->msg = 'Good bye World!';
                        break;
                        default:
                        case 1:
                                $this->msg = 'Hello World!';
                        break;
                        }
                }
                return $this->msg;
        }
}

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `#__helloworld`;
 
CREATE TABLE `#__helloworld` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `greeting` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=0 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
INSERT INTO `#__helloworld` (`greeting`) VALUES
        ('Hello World!'),
        ('Good bye World!');

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<metadata>
        <layout title="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_VIEW_DEFAULT_TITLE">
                <message>COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_VIEW_DEFAULT_DESC</message>
        </layout>
        <fields name="request">
                <fieldset name="request">
                        <field
                                name="id"
                                type="list"
                                label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_GREETING_LABEL"
                                description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_GREETING_DESC"
                                default="1"
                        >
                                <option value="1">Hello World!</option>
                                <option value="2">Good bye World!</option>
                        </field>
                </fieldset>
        </fields>
</metadata>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<metadata>
        <layout title="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_VIEW_DEFAULT_TITLE">
                <message>COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_VIEW_DEFAULT_DESC</message>
        </layout>
        <fields
                name="request"
                addfieldpath="/administrator/components/com_helloworld/models/fields"
        >
                <fieldset name="request">
                        <field
                                name="id"
                                type="helloworld"
                                label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_GREETING_LABEL"
                                description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_GREETING_DESC"
                        />
                </fieldset>
        </fields>
</metadata>

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
 
// import the list field type
jimport('joomla.form.helper');
JFormHelper::loadFieldClass('list');
 
/**
 * HelloWorld Form Field class for the HelloWorld component
 */
class JFormFieldHelloWorld extends JFormFieldList
{
        /**
         * The field type.
         *
         * @var         string
         */
        protected $type = 'HelloWorld';
 
        /**
         * Method to get a list of options for a list input.
         *
         * @return      array           An array of JHtml options.
         */
        protected function getOptions() 
        {
                $db = JFactory::getDBO();
                $query = $db->getQuery(true);
                $query->select('id,greeting');
                $query->from('#__helloworld');
                $db->setQuery((string)$query);
                $messages = $db->loadObjectList();
                $options = array();
                if ($messages)
                {
                        foreach($messages as $message) 
                        {
                                $options[] = JHtml::_('select.option', $message->id, $message->greeting);
                        }
                }
                $options = array_merge(parent::getOptions(), $options);
                return $options;
        }
}

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import Joomla modelitem library
jimport('joomla.application.component.modelitem');
 
/**
 * HelloWorld Model
 */
class HelloWorldModelHelloWorld extends JModelItem
{
        /**
         * @var string msg
         */
        protected $msg;
 
        /**
         * Returns a reference to the a Table object, always creating it.
         *
         * @param       type    The table type to instantiate
         * @param       string  A prefix for the table class name. Optional.
         * @param       array   Configuration array for model. Optional.
         * @return      JTable  A database object
         * @since       1.6
         */
        public function getTable($type = 'HelloWorld', $prefix = 'HelloWorldTable', $config = array()) 
        {
                return JTable::getInstance($type, $prefix, $config);
        }
        /**
         * Get the message
         * @return string The message to be displayed to the user
         */
        public function getMsg() 
        {
                if (!isset($this->msg)) 
                {
                        $id = JRequest::getInt('id');
                        // Get a TableHelloWorld instance
                        $table = $this->getTable();
 
                        // Load the message
                        $table->load($id);
 
                        // Assign the message
                        $this->msg = $table->greeting;
                }
                return $this->msg;
        }
}

<?php
// No direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import Joomla table library
jimport('joomla.database.table');
 
/**
 * Hello Table class
 */
class HelloWorldTableHelloWorld extends JTable
{
        /**
         * Constructor
         *
         * @param object Database connector object
         */
        function __construct(&$db) 
        {
                parent::__construct('#__helloworld', 'id', $db);
        }
}

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import joomla controller library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controller');
 
// Get an instance of the controller prefixed by HelloWorld
$controller = JController::getInstance('HelloWorld');
 
// Perform the Request task
$controller->execute(JRequest::getCmd('task'));
 
// Redirect if set by the controller
$controller->redirect();

<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
 
// import Joomla controller library
jimport('joomla.application.component.controller');
 
/**
 * General Controller of HelloWorld component
 */
class HelloWorldController extends JController
{
        /**
         * display task
         *
         * @return void
         */
        function display($cachable = false) 
        {
                // set default view if not set
                JRequest::setVar('view', JRequest::getCmd('view', 'HelloWorlds'));
 
                // call parent behavior
                parent::display($cachable);
        }
}