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Snippet - layout switching

You can put layout files in templates/your_template/layouts. The code you can paste in your templates index.php file.

// Get menu vars for switching between layouts
$menus		=& JMenu::getInstance('site');	// Full menu object
$active 	= $menus->getActive(); 		// Active id
$default 	= $menus->getDefault(); 	// Default id
$mitem 		= $menus->getItem($active->id); // Active menu item object
$mtree		= $mitem->tree[0]; 		// Tree start id
$mparent	= $mitem->parent; 		// Parent id

// Requests
$option 	= JRequest::getCmd('option');
$view 		= JRequest::getCmd('view');
$layout 	= JRequest::getCmd('layout');
$secid 		= JRequest::getCmd('secid');
$catid 		= JRequest::getCmd('catid');
$itemid 	= JRequest::getCmd('Itemid');

	/*
	* Check if the page requires a special layout
	*/
	if ($active->id == $default->id) {
	/*
	* Include home layout if the default ID == The active ID
	*/
	require( dirname( __FILE__ ).DS.'layouts'.DS.'home.php');
	} else {
	/*
	* Include the default layout if the default ID != The active ID
	*/
	require( dirname( __FILE__ ).DS.'layouts'.DS.'page_default.php');
	}