API15:JFactory/getApplication

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Description

Get a application object

The object returned will be of a type derived from JApplication.

Syntax

& getApplication($id=null, $config=array(), $prefix='J')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$id	null	$id A client identifier or name.
$config	array()	$config An optional associative array of configuration settings.
$prefix	'J'

Returns

object

Defined in

libraries/joomla/factory.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.factory' );

Source Body

function &getApplication($id = null, $config = array(), $prefix='J')
{
        static $instance;
 
        if (!is_object($instance))
        {
                jimport( 'joomla.application.application' );
 
                if (!$id) {
                        JError::raiseError(500, 'Application Instantiation Error');
                }
 
                $instance = JApplication::getInstance($id, $config, $prefix);
        }
 
        return $instance;
}

Examples

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