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Description

Get the component information.

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Syntax

static getComponent($option, $strict=false)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$option		$option The component option.
$strict	false	$string If set and a component does not exist, the enabled attribue will be set to false

Returns

object An object with the fields for the component.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/component/helper.php

Importing

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

Source Body

public static function getComponent($option, $strict = false)
{
        if (!isset(self::$_components[$option])) {
                if (self::_load($option)){
                        $result = &self::$_components[$option];
                } else {
                        $result                         = new stdClass;
                        $result->enabled        = $strict ? false : true;
                        $result->params         = new JParameter;
                }
        } else {
                $result = &self::$_components[$option];
        }

        return $result;
}

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Examples

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