1. Navigate to WAMP\bin\php\[version_of_php]\
2. Edit php.ini
3. Search for curl and uncomment extension=php_curl.dll by removing ; and save file
4. Navigate to WAMP\bin\Apache\[version_of_apache]\bin\
5. Edit php.ini
6. Search for curl and uncomment extension=php_curl.dll by removing ; and save file
9) Restart WAMP

global $uri;
$thisurl = 'http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].DS.'component'.DS.$uri[1];

sudo apt-get install git-core

git

git --version

apt-get install php5-mcrypt
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

apt-cache search php5-m
php5-mapscript - php5-cgi module for MapServer
php5-mcrypt - MCrypt module for php5
php5-memcache - memcache extension module for PHP5
php5-ming - Ming module for php5
php5-mhash - MHASH module for php5
php5-mysql - MySQL module for php5
php5-sybase - Sybase / MS SQL Server module for php5

apt-get --reinstall install php5-mcrypt
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

function get_string_between($string, $start, $end){ 
    $string = " ".$string; 
    $ini = strpos($string,$start); 
    if ($ini == 0) return ""; 
    $ini += strlen($start); 
    $len = strpos($string,$end,$ini) - $ini; 
    return substr($string,$ini,$len); 
} 
 
$fullstring = "this is my [tag]dog[/tag]"; 
$parsed = get_string_between($fullstring, "[tag]", "[/tag]"); 
 
echo $parsed; // (result = dog) 

function get_all_strings_between($string,$start,$end) {
//Returns an array of all values which are between two tags in a set of data
$strings = array();
$startPos = 0;
$i = 0;
//echo strlen($string)."\n";
while($startPos < strlen($string) && $matched = get_string_between(substr($string,$startPos),$start,$end)) {
if ($matched == null || $matched[1] == null || $matched[1] == '') break;
$startPos = $matched[0]+$startPos+1;
array_push($strings,$matched[1]);
$i++;
}
return $strings;
}

function get_string_between($string, $start, $end) {
//$string = " ".$string;
$ini = strpos($string,$start);
if ($ini == 0) return null;
$ini += strlen($start);
$len = strpos($string,$end,$ini) - $ini;
return array($ini+$len,substr($string,$ini,$len));
}

UPDATE `jos_users` SET `password` = MD5( 'newPassword' ) WHERE `jos_users`.`username` = "admin";

<install>
<queries>
<query>
CREATE TABLE `#__comp_groups` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`name` varchar(254) NOT NULL default 

cd /var/www/vhosts/sitename.co.uk/httpdocs/

// Joomla 2.5 Tar file
wget 'http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/16512/72037/Joomla_2.5.1-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz'

// Joomla 2.5 Tar File
/var/www/vhosts/sitename.co.uk/httpdocs/Joomla_2.5.1-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz

// gunzip will uncompress the Gzip archive and give us Tar archive
// For Joomla 2.5
gunzip 'Joomla_2.5.1-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz'
// Now uncompess Tar archive
tar -xvf 'Joomla_2.5.1-Stable-Full_Package.tar'


// Regarding -xvf:
// x if for extract
// v is for verbose
// f is for file

// Use these commands while you in same directory as archive file
// .zip file:
unzip filename.zip [-d directory_name]

// .tar file:
tar -xvf file.tar

// .gz file:
gzip -d file.gz

// .tar.gz file:
gzip -d file.tar.gz
tar -xvf file.tar

// .tgz file:
tar -xvzf file.tgz

// .bz2 file:
tar -xvfj file.tar.bz2

rm -rf installation
rm Joomla_1.5.15-Stable-Full_Package.zip

chown -R appacheuser:psaserv joomla_derectory
find joomla_derectory -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
find joomla_derectory -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;

JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR 	The path to the administrator folder.
JPATH_BASE 	The path to the installed Joomla! site.
JPATH_CACHE 	The path to the cache folder.
JPATH_COMPONENT 	The path to the current component being executed.
JPATH_CONFIGURATION 	The path to folder containing the configuration.php file.
JPATH_INSTALLATION 	The path to the installation folder.
JPATH_LIBRARIES 	The path to the libraries folder.
JPATH_PLUGINS 	The path to the plugins folder.
JPATH_ROOT 	The path to the installed Joomla! site.
JPATH_SITE 	The path to the installed Joomla! site.
JPATH_THEMES 	The path to the templates folder.
JPATH_XMLRPC 	The path to the XML-RPC Web service folder.

These constants are defined in _path_/includes/defines.php except JPATH_BASE which is defined in _path_/index.php.

Note: These paths are the absolute paths of these locations within the file system, NOT the path you'd use in a URL.

Also <a href="http://docs.joomla.org/JURI/base">JURI/base</a>.<ins datetime="2009-11-19T00:58:51+00:00"></ins>

/* this gives you the root of your url, something like http://www.mydomain.com/whereverjoomlais/       */
JURI::root();

/* this one gives you the url to your index something like http://www.mydomain.com/whereverjoomlais/ if you are in front-end, and http://www.mydomain.com/whereverjoomlais/administrator/ if in back-end */
JURI::base();

/* Same but without the domain (like this: /wherejoomlais/administrator ) NOTE: this one is without the trailing "/"  */
JURI::base( true );

/* Path to your root directory, "/opt/xampp/..." or similar in Linux, "C:\wampp\..." on Windows */
var_dump( JPATH_ROOT );

/* Path to your admin directory, "/opt/xampp/joomla155/administrator" or similar in Linux, "C:\wampp\joomla155\administrator" on Windows. */
var_dump( JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR );

/* Path to your current component directory, "/opt/xampp/joomla155/administrator/components/com_free" or similar in Linux, "C:\wampp\joomla155\administrator\components\com_free" on Windows. */
var_dump( JPATH_COMPONENT );

/* Your directory separator: "/" in Linux, "\" on windows; use this to create a path to a directory so you don't have to worry about the server OS you're using */
var_dump( DS );

$lg = &JFactory::getLanguage();
$language = $lg->getBackwardLang();

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<install version="1.5" type="plugin" group="system">
	<name>System - Name of Plugin</name>
	<author>Name of  author</author>
	<creationDate>19th April 2010</creationDate>
	<authorEmail>
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 </authorEmail>
	<authorUrl>http://www.khawaib.co.uk</authorUrl>
	<version>1.0</version>
        <copyright>Copyright (c) 2010 Khawaib Ahmed. All rights reserved.</copyright>
	<license>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL</license>
	<description> Plugin description.</description>
	<files>
		<filename plugin="phpFileName">phpFileName.php</filename>
	</files>
	<params>
		<param name="code" type="text" default="[DEFAULT VALUE]" label="[LABEL]" description=" [DESCRIPTION]"  />
	</params>
</install>

<?php
// no direct access
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );

jimport( 'joomla.plugin.plugin');

class plgSystemAsynGoogleAnalytics extends JPlugin {
	function plgAsynGoogleAnalytics(&$subject, $config) 	{
		parent::__construct($subject, $config);
		$this->_plugin = JPluginHelper::getPlugin( 'system', 'AsynGoogleAnalytics' );
		$this->_params = new JParameter( $this->_plugin->params );
	}
	
	function onAfterRender() {
		global $mainframe;
		
		// skip if admin page 
		if($mainframe->isAdmin()) {
			return;
		}

		// get params
		$trackerCode = $this->params->get( 'code', '' );
		
		//getting body code and storing as buffer
		$buffer = JResponse::getBody();
		
		//embed Google Analytics code
		$javascript = "<script type=\"text/javascript\">
					  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
					  
					  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '".$trackerCode."']);
						_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
					
					  (function() {
						var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
						ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
						var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
					  })();
					</script>";

		// adding the Google Analytics code in the header before the ending </head> tag and then replacing the buffer
		$buffer = preg_replace ("/<\/head>/", "\n\n".$javascript."\n\n</head>", $buffer); 
		
		//output the buffer
		JResponse::setBody($buffer);
		
		return true;
	}
}
?>

<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>

Template name
<?php echo $this->template;?>

$this->baseurl;
$this->template;
$this->params; // Template specific params object -- defined in the params.ini file
// From JDocument:
$this->base; // Document base URL -- redundant, as far as I can tell
$this->description; // Document description
$this->direction; // Contains the document direction setting (default='ltr')
$this->language; // Contains the document language setting (default='en-gb')
$this->link; // Document full URL
$this->title; // Document title
$this->_generator; // Document generator (default='Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management')

$mainframe->getCfg('offset') - returns the time offset configured in Joomla Global settings.
$mainframe->getCfg('live_site') - returns live site configured in Joomla Global settings.
JURI::base()

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

cat /etc/lsb-release

cd /var/www/vhosts/[domain.com]
chown -R [username]:psacln httpdocs
chmod -R g+w httpdocs
find httpdocs -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/statistics >/dev/null 2>&1

defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
$mod = JModuleHelper::getModule('name_of_module');
echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($mod);

Create an article that only contains the module, by using , and then display that article with a template that only outputs <jdoc:include type="component" />

jimport( 'joomla.error.log' );
$log = JLog::getInstance('log_file.php'); // get an instance of JLog
// create entry array
$entry = array('LEVEL' => '1', 'STATUS' => "SOME ERROR:", 'COMMENT' => $shortUrl->getError() );
// add entry to the log
$log->addEntry($entry);