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Chapter 6. Plugin Design > Dealing with Plugin Settings (Parameters)
Dealing with Plugin Settings (Parameters)
To deal with plugin settings we can use the, ever handy, params tag in our XML manifest file. This example shows how we can add some simple parameters to a plugin:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE install SYSTEM "http://dev.joomla.org/xml/1.5/plugin-
install.dtd">
<install version="1.5" type="plugin" group="foobar">
<name>Foobar - My Extension</name>
<author>Author's Name</author>
<authorEmail>Author's Email</authorEmail>
<authorUrl>Author's Website</authorUrl>
<creationDate>MonthName Year</creationDate>
<copyright>Copyright Notice</copyright>
<license>Plugin License Agreement</license>
<version>Plugin Version</version>
<description>Plugin Description</description>
<files>
<filename plugin="elementName">myextension.php</filename>
</files>
<params>
<param name="aparam" type="text" label="A Parameter"
description="A description" />
</params>
</install>
