How to use countModules in any Joomla! file

One of the core parts of creating Joomla! templates is using $this->countModules to show or hide code depending on if a module is in a particular position on the page. It is very powerful and it makes your templates very dynamic according to what is happening on the page. So what happens if you need to do this outside of the template index.php file? Save yourself a huge headache and use the following code in any file to check for a module position:

jimport( 'joomla.application.module.helper' );
if(count(JModuleHelper::getModules('left'))) {
	put your code here
}

A very powerful addition to you Joomla! PHP library!

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7 thoughts on “How to use countModules in any Joomla! file”

anuj kumar singh August 7, 2010 at 5:57 am

Thanks for given good information related to joomla.this function/condition is very useful to show or hide code.

complex web development August 13, 2010 at 11:11 am

Thanks for the joomla info!

hectorjazz September 22, 2010 at 8:55 am

thanks!, I had noticed this.
but I see that is not documented and is not practiced in the conventional templates.

RJS October 20, 2010 at 10:03 am

Great tip. Can this be used in code.php that does not use ” defined( ‘_JEXEC’ ) or die( ‘Restricted access. Direct Access to this location is not allowed.’ );”