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POJoomla component Development: Invalid controller: name='', format=''
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copied!<p>I am trying out to develop components from <a href="http://docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-Controller_Component/2.5/Basic_backend" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I am getting an error on the admin section</p> <blockquote> <p>500 - An error has occurred.</p> <p>Invalid controller: name='', format=''</p> </blockquote> <p>How to debug this? I dont even know what code is relevant to post.</p> <p>File: admin/controller.php</p> <pre><code>// No direct access to this file defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access'); // import Joomla controller library jimport('joomla.application.component.controller'); class TestimonialsController extends JController { function display($cachable = false) { // set default view if not set JRequest::setVar('view', JRequest::getCmd('view', 'Testimonials')); // call parent behavior parent::display($cachable); } } </code></pre> <p>File: admin/testimonials.php</p> <pre><code><?php // No direct access to this file defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access'); jimport('joomla.application.component.controller'); $controller = JController::getInstance('Testimonials'); $controller->execute(JRequest::getCmd('task')); $controller->redirect(); </code></pre> <p>File: admin/views/testimonials/view.html.php</p> <pre><code><?php // No direct access to this file defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access'); // import Joomla view library jimport('joomla.application.component.view'); class TestimonialsViewTestimonials extends JView { function display($tpl = null) { $items = $this -> get("Items"); $pagination = $this -> get("Pagination"); //Check for errors if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors'))) { JError::raiseError(500, implode('<br />', $errors)); return false; } // Assign data to the view $this -> items = $items; $this -> pagination = $pagination; // Display the template parent::display($tpl); } } </code></pre>

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