Display Table Body

public function onDisplay{$page}TableTD(array $rows, JView $view, array $config) : array

Fires while displaying the table body of a specific entity.

Description

This hook is triggered within the list pages of certain sections of the plugin. It is possible to use this hook to include additional columns within list tables.

DO NOT include td tags because they are automatically added by the system. Lean on data-id attribute for individual styling.

Each value of the resulting array must declare an array containing the HTML for each column within the list.

The dynamic portion of the hook name, $page, refers to the name of the page calling the hook. This means that, for example, the services page will trigger an hook called onDisplayServicesTableTD.

IMPORTANT NOTE: not all the pages trigger this hook. Before to start coding a plugin, you should make sure that the page supports that hook, by checking whether the onDisplayTableColumns() method is used. This can be done by accessing the page at the path:

/administrator/components/com_vikappointments/views/{$page}/tmpl/default.php
(back-end pages)

Parameters

$rows

(array)  An array of fetched records.

$page

(JView)  The page instance holding the record details.

$config

(array)  An associative array of options.

Return Value

Array. An associative array containing the new columns to include. The key of the array should be a unique identifier to correctly pair the body with the head. The value of the array should be an array containing all the values to display (one per row).

Example

The example below displays the difficulty column within the services table.

It is assumed that the database table of the services already declares a column to hold the difficulty level, such as difficulty.

/**
 * Trigger hook to allow the plugins to include custom <TD> within the table. 
 * The hook must return an associative array where the key is the identifier
 * of the column and the value is the HTML to use.
 *
 * @param   array  $rows    The fetched elements.
 * @param   mixed  $view    The current page instance.
 * @param   array  $config  A configuration array.
 *
 * @return  array  An associative array of columns.
 */
public function onDisplayServicesTableTD($rows, $view, $config)
{
    $body = array();

    // include "Difficulty" column
    $body['difficulty'] = array();
   
    // scan fetched rows
    foreach ($rows as $row)
    {
        switch ($row['difficulty'])
        {
            case 'easy':
                $value = 'Easy';
                break;
   
            case 'medium':
                $value = 'Medium';
                break;
   
            case 'hard':
                $value = 'Hard';
                break;
   
            default:
                $value = '/';
        }
   
        // append value
        $body['difficulty'][] = $value;
    }

    return $body;
}

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