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Description

Get the contents of a document include

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Syntax

getBuffer($type=null, $name=null, $attribs=array())

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$type	null	$type The type of renderer
$name	null	$name The name of the element to render
$attribs	array()	$attribs Associative array of remaining attributes.

Returns

The output of the renderer

Defined in

libraries/joomla/document/html/html.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.document.html.html' );

Source Body

function getBuffer($type = null, $name = null, $attribs = array())
{
        // If no type is specified, return the whole buffer
        if ($type === null) {
                return $this->_buffer;
        }

        $result = null;
        if (isset($this->_buffer[$type][$name])) {
                return $this->_buffer[$type][$name];
        }

        // If the buffer has been explicitly turned off don't display or attempt to render
        if ($result === false) {
                return null;
        }

        $renderer = &$this->loadRenderer($type);
        $this->setBuffer($renderer->render($name, $attribs, $result), $type, $name);

        return $this->_buffer[$type][$name];
}

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