This models supports retrieving lists of articles.

• since: 1.6

Located in /components/com_content/models/articles.php (line 19)

JObject
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   --JModelLegacy
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      --JModelList
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         --ContentModelArticles

Inherited Variables

Inherited from JModelList

JModelList::$cache
JModelList::$context
JModelList::$filterFormName
JModelList::$filter_fields
JModelList::$htmlFormName
JModelList::$query

Inherited from JModelLegacy

JModelLegacy::$event_clean_cache
JModelLegacy::$name
JModelLegacy::$option
JModelLegacy::$state
JModelLegacy::$_db
JModelLegacy::$__state_set

Inherited from JObject

JObject::$_errors

Constructor __construct (line 29)

Constructor.

• see: JController
• since: 1.6
• access: public

ContentModelArticles __construct ([array $config = array()])

• array $config: An optional associative array of configuration settings.

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Redefinition of:

JModelList::__construct()

Constructor.

getItems (line 544)

Method to get a list of articles.

Overriden to inject convert the attribs field into a JParameter object.

• return: An array of objects on success, false on failure.
• since: 1.6
• access: public

mixed getItems ()

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Redefinition of:

JModelList::getItems()

Method to get an array of data items.

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Redefined in descendants as:

• ContentModelFeatured::getItems() : Method to get a list of articles.

getListQuery (line 171)

Get the master query for retrieving a list of articles subject to the model state.

• since: 1.6
• access: protected

JDatabaseQuery getListQuery ()

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Redefinition of:

JModelList::getListQuery()

Method to get a JDatabaseQuery object for retrieving the data set from a database.

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Redefined in descendants as:

• ContentModelArchive::getListQuery()
• ContentModelFeatured::getListQuery()

getStart (line 685)

Method to get the starting number of items for the data set.

• return: The starting number of items available in the data set.
• since: 12.2
• access: public

integer getStart ()

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Redefinition of:

JModelList::getStart()

Method to get the starting number of items for the data set.

getStoreId (line 141)

Method to get a store id based on model configuration state.

This is necessary because the model is used by the component and different modules that might need different sets of data or different ordering requirements.

• return: A store id.
• since: 1.6
• access: protected

string getStoreId ([string $id = ''])

• string $id: A prefix for the store id.

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Redefinition of:

JModelList::getStoreId()

Method to get a store id based on the model configuration state.

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Redefined in descendants as:

• ContentModelFeatured::getStoreId() : Method to get a store id based on model configuration state.

populateState (line 74)

Method to auto-populate the model state.

This method should only be called once per instantiation and is designed to be called on the first call to the getState() method unless the model configuration flag to ignore the request is set.

Note. Calling getState in this method will result in recursion.

• since: 12.2
• access: protected

void populateState ([string $ordering = 'ordering'], [string $direction = 'ASC'])

• string $ordering: An optional ordering field.
• string $direction: An optional direction (asc|desc).

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Redefinition of:

JModelList::populateState()

Method to auto-populate the model state.

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Redefined in descendants as:

• ContentModelArchive::populateState() : Method to auto-populate the model state.
• ContentModelFeatured::populateState() : Method to auto-populate the model state.

Inherited Methods

Inherited From JModelList

JModelList::__construct()
JModelList::getActiveFilters()
JModelList::getFilterForm()
JModelList::getItems()
JModelList::getListQuery()
JModelList::getPagination()
JModelList::getStart()
JModelList::getStoreId()
JModelList::getTotal()
JModelList::getUserStateFromRequest()
JModelList::loadForm()
JModelList::loadFormData()
JModelList::populateState()
JModelList::preprocessForm()
JModelList::_getListQuery()

Inherited From JModelLegacy

JModelLegacy::__construct()
JModelLegacy::addIncludePath()
JModelLegacy::addTablePath()
JModelLegacy::cleanCache()
JModelLegacy::getDbo()
JModelLegacy::getInstance()
JModelLegacy::getName()
JModelLegacy::getState()
JModelLegacy::getTable()
JModelLegacy::loadHistory()
JModelLegacy::populateState()
JModelLegacy::setDbo()
JModelLegacy::setState()
JModelLegacy::_createFileName()
JModelLegacy::_createTable()
JModelLegacy::_getList()
JModelLegacy::_getListCount()

Inherited From JObject

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