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Description

Method to get a reference to the current view and load it if necessary.

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Syntax

getView($name= '', $type= '', $prefix= '', $config=array())

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$name		The view name. Optional, defaults to the controller name.
$type		The view type. Optional.
$prefix		The class prefix. Optional.
$config	array()	Configuration array for view. Optional.

Returns

object Reference to the view or an error.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/component/controller.php

Importing

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

Source Body

function getView($name = '', $type = '', $prefix = '', $config = array())
{
        static $views;

        if (!isset($views)) {
                $views = array();
        }
        if (empty($name)) {
                $name = $this->getName();
        }
        if (empty($prefix)) {
                $prefix = $this->getName() . 'View';
        }
        if (empty($views[$name])) {
                if ($view = & $this->_createView($name, $prefix, $type, $config)) {
                        $views[$name] = & $view;
                } else {
                        $result = JError::raiseError(
                                500, JText::_('View not found [name, type, prefix]:')
                                        . ' ' . $name . ',' . $type . ',' . $prefix
                        );
                        return $result;
                }
        }

        return $views[$name];
}

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