Previously, I could remove (unset) "k2.js" from the header as below:

But now, after upgrading to version 2.6.7, that doesn't work anymore. That's certainly because the js file is called with a new path:

So I have two different question:

1. How should I unset the k2.js file? (Probably with preg_match_all)

2. From where the k2.js is declared? I mean, where is the code that add k2.js to the header?

Thanks in advance

Hello irmax,

The script is loaded like this:

You can modify the unset rule to match the loading

Thanks, Krikor. Now it works. But, what if I upgrade k2? In that case, the version will change and the unset rule will no longer work, because the version is present within the path:I think a regex should be used. Would you please help me with that?

And also, would you please answer my second quesion, repeated below:

From where the k2.js is declared? I mean, where is the code that add k2.js to the header?

That file is located in JOOMLA/plugins/system/k2/k2.php

Hope that helps.

I've been dealing with this problem for quite a while now, and there really doesn't seem to be an explination of why this is occurring. Just a few lines of code to "unset" with no explanation of where to put this code --- do I have to put this code in every componant that has this problem? Because its happenign on just about every page that isn't a content page on my sites and I can't use this if this is going to be the case.

I'm about to trash this componant on all our sites and find a different solution - this is a problem that has been in place with this version since last year, and noone seems to have a real answer on how to actually stop it from occurring?

RH

Robert, you add the unset code to the top of your template index.php, right before the closing ?> and before the start of any doctype declarations or the opening HTML tag.

It's not necessary to do this to run k2 - it's only necessary if you don't want to use k2's javascript file.

Hello, delete this:in /plugins/system/k2/k2.php

I was initially going to say that eaweb's method is a bad idea because every update to K2 has the potential to break the fix.

But then I realised the current method of overriding in the template index file also breaks with every single update.

This is because the unset command needs to include the version number, which make this whole exercise a bit painful.

So I'm wondering if there's a way of getting the current version number so we can dynamically include it:

You can set K2 Version as a constant in order to easily change the version number.

I'd be very interested to know how to do that.

I've had a look in the language overrides and can't find 2.7.2 (which is the version number that appears in my K2 install) there.

Any clues on how I'd get started here?

You can use Regular Labs ReReplacer along with Regex to remove the K2.js file for any version of K2.



Below is the code to use in the search field (leave replace field empty)

Remove K2 JS (Only):
<script src="/media/k2/assets/js/k2.frontend.js(.*?)><\/script>

Remove K2 CSS & JS:
<script src="/media/k2/assets/(.*?)><\/script>

You MUST enable to Regular Expressions parameter for it to work:

Thanks Joe, that's really great.

I figured it out guys.

Special thanks to @sanderpotjer from Perfect Web Team (I used his Joomla! template code as a reference):
gist.github.com/heyjoecampbell/ecd68c7447fa8c55a82ac8bfc83cdb93