Learning the basics of Joomla! module creation

Building a basic Joomla! module is not that difficult. In fact it's quite easy. Just stay with me, and we will divide the task into some easy-to-follow steps. First of all, we need to create a folder for our module, for example, mod_littlecontact. This folder is where we will place all the files necessary for our module.

For example, one of the files we are going to need is the mod_littlecontact.php file, which is named exactly the same as the folder, but with a .php extension. Let's see what we need to put in it:

<?php
                    defined('_JEXEC') or die('Direct Access to this location is not allowed.');
                    ?>
                    <h1>Just a simple contact form!</h1>
                

We will look at just the basics. First, defined('_JEXEC') checks whether...