Determine if Magento module is enabled

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Colin O'Dell picture Colin O'Dell · Aug 23, 2010 · Viewed 26k times · Source

What is the best way to determine if a particular module is enabled/active in Magento? I've tried using class_exists to check if my code has been loaded and parsed by PHP but lately I've noticed its pretty unreliable (returns true even when I delete the module's .xml configuration).

Is there a core function I can call?

Answer

datenbrille picture datenbrille · Dec 19, 2012

If you would like to use a build in function just use

Mage::helper('core')->isModuleEnabled(<module name>);

It is implemented in

Mage_Core_Helper_Abstract

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