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Description

Gets menu items by attribute

Syntax

getItems($attribute, $value, $firstonly=false)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$attribute		The field name
$value		The value of the field
$firstonly	false	If true, only returns the first item found

Returns

array

Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/menu.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.application.menu' );

Source Body

public function getItems($attribute, $value, $firstonly = false)
{
        $items = null;
 
        foreach ($this->_items as $item) {
                if (!is_object($item)) {
                        continue;
                }
 
                if ($item->$attribute == $value) {
                        if ($firstonly) {
                                return $item;
                        }
 
                        $items[] = $item;
                }
        }
 
        return $items;
}