# sfJoomla15Bridge

`sfJoomla15Bridge` is the same idea of sfJoomlaBridgePlugin but for Joomla 1.5: a symfony plugin that provides a bridge between a Joomla and a Symfony application. It allows to display symfony pages into Joomla.

It adds a new helper class: *Joomla* with 2 main functions :
   * **link_to_joomla**($module_action), to make a link to another symfony page (action/module) but in the Joomla application context.
   * **form_tag_joomla**($internal_uri = ' ', $options = array()), to declare a form that will be submitted to Symfony in Joomla context.

## Installation

  * Install the plugin
  
      
        symfony plugin-install http://plugins.symfony-project.com/sfJoomla15BridgePlugin
      
  
  or download it and unzip in your /plugins directory
  
  * Copy the files in **/sfJoomla15Bridge/web** directly to your application **/web** directory (com_symfony folder should be now in the web/components/ directory of Joomla)
  
  * Clear your cache
  
      
        symfony cc
      

## Configuration

  * Curl must be installed on your web server.


## Usage

  * 1 - You need to declare the following helper (or use the default helpers loaded parameter in you settings.yml) :
      
    <?php use_helper('Joomla'); ?>
      

  * 2 - To make a link to another symfony page, in this case to the module **index** and the **users** action.
      
    <?php echo link_to_joomla('Users list', 'index/users'); ?>
      

  * 3 - To declare a form that will be handled by Symfony, in this case form will be submitted to **validateCreate** action of **users** module
      
    <?php echo form_tag_joomla('users/validateCreate', array(
      'id'        => 'sf_admin_create_form',
      'name'      => 'sf_admin_create_form',
    )) ?>
      

## Changelog

### 0.1.0-beta

  * Initial public release. This is very beta, please be careful.