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JForm::getField

Description

Method to get a form field represented as a object.

public function getField (
        $name
        $group=null
        $value=null
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$name	string		The name of the form field.
$group	string	null	The optional dot-separated form group path on which to find the field.
$value	mixed	null	The optional value to use as the default for the field.

• Returns mixed The object for the field or boolean false on error.
• Defined on line 257 of libraries/joomla/form/form.php
• Since

See also

• JForm::getField source code on BitBucket
• Class JForm
• Subpackage Form
• Other versions of JForm::getField