How to execute advanced tasks on extension install

Joomla’s database update management is advanced, but sometimes, it’s not enough for our needs and we need to perform custom checks and tasks when installing our extensions.

We can specify a PHP script to perform custom tasks when installing our extensions. As a good example, let’s add a PHP check to our install extension and enable our plugins automatically after installing them.

To do this, edit the src/component/spm.xml component manifest file and add the <scriptfile> tag to the following section:

<extension>
...
<scriptfile>script.php</scriptfile>
...
</extension>

With that, we’ve instructed Joomla! to look for the script.php file in the main folder of our package and execute the instructions it finds there.

Next, create the src/component/script.php file with the following content:

<?php
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
class Com_SpmInstallerScript...