create a folder in joomla while installing a component

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Permalink Reply by Martin Rasser on August 18, 2011 at 1:23pm

I tried a few things in the manifest for a similar problem, but no luck. Eventually I built in a check for the folder in the component entry file and created the folder if necessary.

Permalink Reply by Tuan Pham Ngoc on August 18, 2011 at 9:03pm

The solution is using extension script file  (http://docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-Controller_(MVC)_Com...) .  You can implement the install method of the script like below code :

 

<?php
    function install($parent) {
        jimport(joomla.filesystem.folder);
        $path = JPATH_ROOT.'/images/imagegallery' ;
        if (!JFolder::exists($path)) {
            JFolder::create($path);
        }
   }
?>

 

Hope this help !