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Description

Get a session token, if a token isn't set yet one will be generated.

Syntax

getToken($forceNew=false)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$forceNew	false	If true, force a new token to be created

Returns

string The session token

Defined in

libraries/joomla/session/session.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.session.session' );

Source Body

public function getToken($forceNew = false)
{
        $token = $this->get('session.token');

        //create a token
        if ($token === null || $forceNew) {
                $token  =       $this->_createToken(12);
                $this->set('session.token', $token);
        }

        return $token;
}