The Menu Item Controller

• since: 1.6

Located in /administrator/components/com_menus/controllers/item.php (line 19)

JObject
   |
   --JControllerLegacy
      |
      --JControllerForm
         |
         --MenusControllerItem

Inherited Variables

Inherited from JControllerForm

JControllerForm::$context
JControllerForm::$option
JControllerForm::$text_prefix
JControllerForm::$view_item
JControllerForm::$view_list

Inherited from JControllerLegacy

JControllerLegacy::$basePath
JControllerLegacy::$default_view
JControllerLegacy::$doTask
JControllerLegacy::$input
JControllerLegacy::$instance
JControllerLegacy::$message
JControllerLegacy::$messageType
JControllerLegacy::$methods
JControllerLegacy::$model_prefix
JControllerLegacy::$name
JControllerLegacy::$paths
JControllerLegacy::$redirect
JControllerLegacy::$task
JControllerLegacy::$taskMap

Inherited from JObject

JObject::$_errors

add (line 28)

Method to add a new menu item.

• return: True if the record can be added, a JError object if not.
• since: 1.6
• access: public

mixed add ()

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Redefinition of:

JControllerForm::add()

Method to add a new record.

batch (line 56)

Method to run batch operations.

• return: True if successful, false otherwise and internal error is set.
• since: 1.6
• access: public

boolean batch ([object $model = null])

• object $model: The model.

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Redefinition of:

JControllerForm::batch()

Method to run batch operations.

cancel (line 77)

Method to cancel an edit.

• return: True if access level checks pass, false otherwise.
• since: 1.6
• access: public

boolean cancel ([string $key = null])

• string $key: The name of the primary key of the URL variable.

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Redefinition of:

JControllerForm::cancel()

Method to cancel an edit.

edit (line 104)

Method to edit an existing record.

• return: True if access level check and checkout passes, false otherwise.
• since: 1.6
• access: public

boolean edit ([string $key = null], [string $urlVar = null])

• string $key: The name of the primary key of the URL variable.
• string $urlVar: The name of the URL variable if different from the primary key (sometimes required to avoid router collisions).

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Redefinition of:

JControllerForm::edit()

Method to edit an existing record.

getParentItem (line 393)

Gets the parent items of the menu location currently.

• since: 3.2

void getParentItem ()

save (line 129)

Method to save a record.

• return: True if successful, false otherwise.
• since: 1.6
• access: public

boolean save ([string $key = null], [string $urlVar = null])

• string $key: The name of the primary key of the URL variable.
• string $urlVar: The name of the URL variable if different from the primary key (sometimes required to avoid router collisions).

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Redefinition of:

JControllerForm::save()

Method to save a record.

setType (line 335)

Sets the type of the menu item currently being edited.

• since: 1.6
• access: public

void setType ()

Inherited Methods

Inherited From JControllerForm

JControllerForm::__construct()
JControllerForm::add()
JControllerForm::allowAdd()
JControllerForm::allowEdit()
JControllerForm::allowSave()
JControllerForm::batch()
JControllerForm::cancel()
JControllerForm::edit()
JControllerForm::getModel()
JControllerForm::getRedirectToItemAppend()
JControllerForm::getRedirectToListAppend()
JControllerForm::loadhistory()
JControllerForm::postSaveHook()
JControllerForm::save()

Inherited From JControllerLegacy

JControllerLegacy::__construct()
JControllerLegacy::addModelPath()
JControllerLegacy::addPath()
JControllerLegacy::addViewPath()
JControllerLegacy::authorise()
JControllerLegacy::checkEditId()
JControllerLegacy::createFileName()
JControllerLegacy::createModel()
JControllerLegacy::createView()
JControllerLegacy::display()
JControllerLegacy::execute()
JControllerLegacy::getInstance()
JControllerLegacy::getModel()
JControllerLegacy::getName()
JControllerLegacy::getTask()
JControllerLegacy::getTasks()
JControllerLegacy::getView()
JControllerLegacy::holdEditId()
JControllerLegacy::redirect()
JControllerLegacy::registerDefaultTask()
JControllerLegacy::registerTask()
JControllerLegacy::releaseEditId()
JControllerLegacy::setMessage()
JControllerLegacy::setPath()
JControllerLegacy::setRedirect()
JControllerLegacy::unregisterTask()

Inherited From JObject

JObject::__construct()
JObject::def()
JObject::get()
JObject::getError()
JObject::getErrors()
JObject::getProperties()
JObject::set()
JObject::setError()
JObject::setProperties()
JObject::__toString()