How to determine if the user is viewing the front page

Joomla 1.5

But in Joomla! 1.5.x the com_frontpage component is no longer present. This is how to achieve the same result in Joomla! 1.5.x

<?php
$menu = & JSite::getMenu();
if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) {
 echo 'This is the front page';
}
?>
 

Joomla 1.6 and 1.7

The same code that worked in Joomla 1.5 will work in 1.6 onwards. However, since PHP 5 is now a minimum requirement for Joomla 1.6 the ampersand (&) is no longer required on the first line. Use the following code for a site where all content is in the same language:

<?php
$menu = JSite::getMenu();
if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) {
 echo 'This is the front page';
}
?>

For multi-lingual sites the front page is dependent on the currently selected language, so you will need to use code like this:

<?php
$menu = JSite::getMenu();
if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault( 'en-GB' )) {
 echo 'This is the front page';
}
elseif ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault( 'fr-FR' )) {
 echo 'Accueil';
}
?>


For multi-lingual sites, it could also be necessary to display a specific code/html for all Default Home pages.



<?php $menu = JSite::getMenu(); ?>
<?php $lang = JFactory::getLanguage(); ?>
<?php if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault($lang->getTag())) : ?>