A Joomla module that shows today's exchange rates from the Central Bank of Russia. Its settings list 35 currencies, each rate is shown against the rouble, and a markup can be added.
JL Currency displays rouble exchange rates for other currencies on a Joomla site. The module takes its data from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. It suits regional portals, news sites, shops and any project whose visitors need the current official rate.
The module was written as a simple alternative to heavier solutions: few settings, compact code and correct parsing of the Central Bank data.
Features
- Rates against the rouble from the Central Bank of Russia; the module settings list 35 currencies. The bank currently publishes 31 of them: the module requests the Belarusian rouble under the old code BYR (the bank now uses BYN), and the Latvian lats, Lithuanian litas and Bulgarian lev are no longer in the bank's feed.
- Unneeded currencies can be switched off, so only the selected ones are shown.
- A markup on exchange rates.
- Data caching.
- Display settings.
- Settings interface in Russian and English.
Compatibility and requirements
- Joomla 3.
- Extension type: site module.
- The server must be able to reach the Central Bank of Russia website to fetch rates, with allow_url_fopen enabled in PHP, as the module loads the bank's XML feed directly.
