/**
* Renders a module script and returns the results as a string
*
* @param string $module The name of the module to render
* @param array $attribs Associative array of values
* @param string $content If present, module information from the buffer will be used
*
* @return string The output of the script
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public function render($module, $attribs = array(), $content = null)
{
if (!is_object($module)) {
$title = isset($attribs['title']) ? $attribs['title'] : null;
$module = JModuleHelper::getModule($module, $title);
if (!is_object($module)) {
if (is_null($content)) {
return '';
} else {
/**
* If module isn't found in the database but data has been pushed in the buffer
* we want to render it
*/
$tmp = $module;
$module = new stdClass();
$module->params = null;
$module->module = $tmp;
$module->id = 0;
$module->user = 0;
}
}
}
// Get the user and configuration object
// $user = JFactory::getUser();
$conf = JFactory::getConfig();
// Set the module content
if (!is_null($content)) {
$module->content = $content;
}
// Get module parameters
$params = new JRegistry();
$params->loadString($module->params);
// Use parameters from template
if (isset($attribs['params'])) {
$template_params = new JRegistry();
$template_params->loadString(html_entity_decode($attribs['params'], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'));
$params->merge($template_params);
$module = clone $module;
$module->params = (string) $params;
}
$contents = '';
// Default for compatibility purposes. Set cachemode parameter or use JModuleHelper::moduleCache from within the
// module instead
$cachemode = $params->get('cachemode', 'oldstatic');
if ($params->get('cache', 0) == 1 && $conf->get('caching') >= 1 && $cachemode != 'id' && $cachemode != 'safeuri') {
// Default to itemid creating method and workarounds on
$cacheparams = new stdClass();
$cacheparams->cachemode = $cachemode;
$cacheparams->class = 'JModuleHelper';
$cacheparams->method = 'renderModule';
$cacheparams->methodparams = array($module, $attribs);
$contents = JModuleHelper::ModuleCache($module, $params, $cacheparams);
} else {
$contents = JModuleHelper::renderModule($module, $attribs);
}
return $contents;
}
