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10 years 11 months ago

#83369

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Presently in JS, you cannot create Groups with the same names.

echo - {Group name has already been taken}

I would like to change this. Is there an easy fix?

10 years 11 months ago

#83414

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Hi James,
If you are known a bit coding then here is a small modification of the code

1. go to root/components/com_community/models/groups.php line no 1150
are replace the code

public function groupExist($name, $id=0) {
		$db		= $this->getDBO();

		$strSQL	= 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM '.$db->quoteName('#__community_groups')
			. ' WHERE '.$db->quoteName('name').'=' . $db->Quote( $name )
			. ' AND '.$db->quoteName('id').'!='. $db->Quote( $id ) ;


		$db->setQuery( $strSQL );
		$result	= $db->loadResult();

		if($db->getErrorNum()) {
			JError::raiseError( 500, $db->stderr());
		}

		return $result;
	}

replace by

public function groupExist($name, $id=0) {
		$db		= $this->getDBO();

		$strSQL	= 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM '.$db->quoteName('#__community_groups')
			. ' WHERE '.$db->quoteName('name').'=' . $db->Quote( $name )
			. ' AND '.$db->quoteName('id').'!='. $db->Quote( $id ) ;


		$db->setQuery( $strSQL );
		$result	= $db->loadResult();

		if($db->getErrorNum()) {
			JError::raiseError( 500, $db->stderr());
		}

		return 0;
	}

Let me know it works or not.
Thanks

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10 years 11 months ago

#83417

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Hi James,

you can open this file : components / com_community / controllers / groups.php
search : COM_COMMUNITY_GROUPS_NAME_TAKEN_ERROR

you will on line 1615 and 1873

change the code on from :

 if ($model->groupExist($group->name, $group->id)) {
                    $mainframe->redirect($redirect, JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_GROUPS_NAME_TAKEN_ERROR'));
                    return;
                }

into

 // if ($model->groupExist($group->name, $group->id)) {
      //     $mainframe->redirect($redirect, JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_GROUPS_NAME_TAKEN_ERROR'));
      //     return;
 // }

same like the other line.. just give // sign on the if statement like below :

// if ($model->groupExist($name)) {
        //     $validated = false;
        //     $mainframe->enqueueMessage(JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_GROUPS_NAME_TAKEN_ERROR'), 'error');
        // }

PS : This is only for frontend group created.. if you create group from backend, you still can't have same name for group.

Warm Regards,

David

10 years 11 months ago

#83747

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Great. The code works perfectly, but it seems to me there is no override for groups.php. The file structure seems to fall outside of the com_community override folder.

10 years 11 months ago

#83844

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Hi James,
I didn't understand your point.
Can you explain a bit more please?
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10 years 11 months ago

#83997

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What I mean is that, If I am to create an override for groups.php, where would I place the file?

It doesn't override when I place it here:
\root\template_name\html\com_community\models\groups.php

10 years 11 months ago

#84029

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Hi James,

maybe you can read this article for override joomla components on MVC.. docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_comp...rom_the_Joomla!_core

Don't forget to do a backup first before changed anything on core :)

Warm Regards,

David

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