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These instructions assume CiviCRM and Drupal are on separate databases located on the same physical host , and that the same database user has access to both the CiviCRM and Drupal databases. Before making any changes, it is  strongly  advised that you make backups of your mysql databases and settings.php file. Make sure you are logged into your Drupal site as the administrator. Visit  http://yourdomain.com/civicrm/admin/setting/uf?reset=1  Replace with the domain of your Drupal site/installation. You should see a page with output that begins with: "$databases['default']['default']['prefix']= array(" Copy everything inside this box, including the trailing ");" Open /sites/default/settings.php for editing from the root directory of the site, typically "public_html" on most servers. ( NOTE: This assumes you have a single site installation. The location of the settings file might be different depending on whether or

  Create Hooks in Civicrm in Joomla 1.5 Create folder in any directory like /Joomla/media/civicrm_hook . Create file civicrmHooks.php in this directory. Go to Administer CiviCRM > Global Settings > Directories Set the path for custom php here. Use the civicrm hooks with Joomla_civicrm_hookName format. Ex. function Joomla_civicrm_buildForm( ){ // Write your code here. }