MVC-NEW-J3-001

Joomla\CMS\MVC (J3 experimental)

Experimental Joomla 3 “new MVC” namespace

Joomla 3 shipped an experimental MVC that Joomla 4 deleted. If you followed those J3 sample classes, they are gone.

Joomla\CMS\MVC (J3 experimental)Original MVC: HtmlView, ListModel, BaseController

Dies at Joomla 3 → 4J3: Works nativelyJ4: Removed — fatalJ6: Removed — fatalBC plugin: no — already dead on J4Architecture change — no auto-fixMVC

What you will see

  • Class ... not found in experimental MVC

Symptoms people search

J3 new MVC tutorial code 500

Replace this code

Swap Joomla\CMS\MVC (J3 experimental) for Original MVC: HtmlView, ListModel, BaseController.

Joomla 3

Remove or stop calling this

use Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\HtmlView as Experimental;

Joomla 4 / 6

Use this instead

Use the Joomla 4 MVC that came from the old legacy MVC, not the J3 experimental split. HtmlView / ListModel / FormController.

How to fix it

  1. 1Port to the current namespaced MVC from JModelLegacy/JViewLegacy lineage.

Also known as

experimental MVC · Joomla 3 new MVC

There is no 1:1 swap for this one. The architecture changed. If you cannot rewrite it, Infyways can.

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