Adding Anchor to every module in Joomla 3.1 - php

Question

I am trying to modify the module template code to add an anchor to the title of each module. I have extremely limited PHP knowledge, so any guidance would be very helpful.
I've found posts for doing this with articles, but the code appears to be very different for modules.
This is the code that is in my module template.
function modChrome_basic($module, &$params, &$attribs)
{
if (!empty ($module->content)) : ?>
<?php echo $module->content; ?>
<?php endif;
}
function modChrome_standard($module, &$params, &$attribs)
{
if (!empty ($module->content)) : ?>
<div class="rt-block <?php if ($params->get('moduleclass_sfx')!='') : ?><?php echo $params->get('moduleclass_sfx'); ?><?php endif; ?>">
<div class="module-surround">
<?php if ($module->showtitle != 0) : ?>
<div class="module-title">
<?php
echo '<h2 class="title">';
if (preg_match("/icon[-]{1,}/i", $params->get('moduleclass_sfx'))) :
echo '<span class="title-icon ' .getIconClass($params->get('moduleclass_sfx')). '"></span>';
endif;
echo $module->title;
echo '</h2>';
?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="module-content">
<?php echo $module->content; ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php endif;
}
This is the code I tried
if( strlen($this->item->params->get('title')) > 0 ) {
echo '<a name="'.$this->item->params->get('title').'"></a>';
}
I also tried
if( strlen($module->item->params->get('title')) > 0 ) {
echo '<a name="'.$module->item->params->get('title').'"></a>';
}

Answer 1

Joomla has an easy way to customize the module appearance.
You have to use a Custom module chrome.
You have to create a modules.php file under /templates/TEMPLATE_NAME/html/modules.php.
Inside this file you have to put:
<?php
function modChrome_custom( $module, &$params, &$attribs ) {
echo '<div id="' .$params->get( 'moduleclass_sfx' ) .'" >';
if ($module->showtitle)
{
echo '<h' .$headerLevel .'>' .$module->title .'</h' .$headerLevel .'>';
}
echo '<div class="module_content">';
echo $module->content;
echo '</div>';
echo '</div>';
}
?>
In the code above the module id getting moduleclass_sfx value. You could change it and set another module variable.
In order to use this appearence you have to set the appropriate style to the template module calls like: <jdoc:include type="modules" name="user1" style="custom" />
If you want to use another style name you have to change the function from modChrome_custom to modChrome_NEWSTYLE.
Good Luck!