API16:JForm/loadFolder

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Description

Method to load form descriptions from a complete folder.

Syntax

loadFolder($name)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$name		$name The prefix-name of the XML files

Returns

boolean True on success, false otherwise.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/form/form.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.form.form' );

Source Body

public function loadFolder($name)
{
        $return = false;
 
        jimport('joomla.filesystem.folder');
        $files = array();
        foreach($this->addFormPath() as $path)
        {
                $temp_files = JFolder::files($path, $name, false, true);
                if(is_array($temp_files)) $files = array_merge($temp_files, $files);
        }
        if (count($files)) {
                foreach($files as $file) {
                        $result = $this->load($file, true, true);
                }
        } else {
                $result = true;
        }
 
        return $result;
}

Examples

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