Where To Place API Code

Hi...

Where would I place cb's API code within a component or module so it communicates with cb. I'm trying to connect cb to the rsforms pro component and one of its modules. I've tried to place the api code in places within the source files..where to me...seemed logical but all I keep getting are Fatal Errors. My most recent error was...

Fatal error: Call to a member function getParams() on a non-object in /home3/mba90008/public_html/sitetest/administrator/components/com_rsform/helpers/rsform.php on line 42

For the above error, I copied and pasted the api code at the top of the referenced file and then use the following code to grab the cb username for any profile displayed on the screen for a form value.

//<code>
global $_CB_framework;
$user =& CBuser::getUserDataInstance( $_CB_framework->displayedUser() );
return $user->get('username');
//</code>

The above snippet of code was attempting the following as illustrated here...

www.rsjoomla.com/support/documentation/view-article/77-display-php-variables-by-default-when-form-is-shown.html
Any suggestions or relating coding examples you can give me would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

If the CB API is not yet loaded it needs to be included as instructed in the below tutorial.

www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/120-api-usage/18357-including-cb-api-for-usage-outside-of-cb

Once included you can use CB API as normally. The username however is stored with the Joomla user object so you don't need CB API to grab that if that's all you need.

Hi...thanks for the reply back. But my question, more specifically, is where do I install the api code?


I've tried to copy and paste the code in a variety of source folders for both the component and the module...but I'm not getting it right because all I get is fatal errors. And the cb article that you referred me to doesn't specify where exactly the api should be placed so that will load.

I'm new to all this so my apology if I'm asking something that really basic in nature.

Thanks in advance.

is where do I install the api code?

You normally include it right above your usage, but this is highly subjective to your usage.

but I'm not getting it right because all I get is fatal errors.

You need to provide any error messages you get for me to help you with them.

And the cb article that you referred me to doesn't specify where exactly the api should be placed so that will load.

It can't specify where it should go, because that's entirely based off what you're using it in. If it's a 3rd party extension then that maybe something you need to ask the developer about as it only needs to be included once when the extension is loaded so the CB API will be available throughout that extension.