API15:JView/get

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Description

Method to get data from a registered model or a property of the view

Syntax

& get($property, $default=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$property		The name of the method to call on the model, or the property to get
$default	null	The name of the model to reference, or the default value [optional]

Returns

mixed The return value of the method

Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/component/view.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.application.component.view' );

Source Body

function &get( $property, $default = null )
{
 
        // If $model is null we use the default model
        if (is_null($default)) {
                $model = $this->_defaultModel;
        } else {
                $model = strtolower( $default );
        }
 
        // First check to make sure the model requested exists
        if (isset( $this->_models[$model] ))
        {
                // Model exists, lets build the method name
                $method = 'get'.ucfirst($property);
 
                // Does the method exist?
                if (method_exists($this->_models[$model], $method))
                {
                        // The method exists, lets call it and return what we get
        $result = $this->_models[$model]->$method();
        return $result;
                }
 
        }
 
        // degrade to JObject::get
        $result = parent::get( $property, $default );
        return $result;
 
}

Examples

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