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Description

Returns a reference to the global Profiler object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.

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Syntax

& getInstance($prefix= '')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$prefix		Prefix used to distinguish profiler objects.

Returns

The Profiler object. 

Defined in

libraries/joomla/error/profiler.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.error.profiler' );

Source Body

function &getInstance($prefix = '')
{
        static $instances;

        if (!isset($instances)) {
                $instances = array();
        }

        if (empty($instances[$prefix])) {
                $instances[$prefix] = new JProfiler($prefix);
        }

        return $instances[$prefix];
}

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