How do I echo custom article parameters in Joomla

Question

I'm trying to create a simple text field that can be optionally shown on a Joomla article.
At the moment I have created 2x custom article params (viewable and quick_summary)

administrator > components > com_content > models > article.xml

<params group="advanced">
<param name="viewable" type="list" default="no" label="Viewable" description="">
<option value="no">No</option>
<option value="yes">yes</option>
</param>
<param name="quick_summary" type="textarea" rows="10" cols="30" 
    label="Summary" description="Summary" />
<param type="spacer" />
...
</params>

In the template file
To have the quick_summary show depending on the status of viewable I have used the following:

<?php 
if ($this->params->get('viewable') == "yes") {
echo $this->params->get('quick_summary');
}
?>

Any help hugely appreciated

so what exactly is your question? read the view and model files @ /components/com_article/ this should help — david.wosnitza

Gaurav Gaurav · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-08T07:15:51

USe

$htmlArray = $this->params->renderToArray('nameSpace','groupName');

This will return html of all parameters of groupName, as array. Then echo them using for loop or using index.

echo $this->params->render('nameSpace','groupName');

This will echo the html of all parameters of GroupName

How do I echo custom article parameters in Joomla

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