How can I override or control whether "$this->items = $this->get('Items');" is added or not to the view.html.php

[kreativejuices]

Hi All,

I finally managed to get my first component working with JCB and I'm loving it. I've come across a scenario where I need to be able to control whether the line - $this->items = $this->get('Items'); is added or not in a front end site view.html.php. Something like this....

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function display($tpl = null)
{
// get combined params of both component and menu
$this->app = JFactory::getApplication();
$this->params = $this->app->getParams();
$this->menu = $this->app->getMenu()->getActive();
// get the user object
$this->user = JFactory::getUser();

///////// I want to be able to add a condition around the $this->items = $this->get('Items') like so...

             if( $yesGrabTheItems ){
                    // [Interpretation 5146] Initialise variables.
	       $this->items = $this->get('Items');
             }

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My understanding is that this is what calls the model thus makes the db call. I want to be able to control whether the call to the model is made or not. The db contains 10,000 rows and i dont want the call to happen if its no needed. I cannot see anywhere in JCB where i can do this without this file being overwritten each time i run the compiler.

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks

Mr J

[Llewellynvdm]

I would do this with some custom code in the Dynamic Get. But there are a number of ways to do this, none better or worse really. I think if you do a search here in the issues/discussions you will find some other treads that show examples.