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JForm::getValue

Description

Method to get the value of a field.

public function getValue (
        $name
        $group=null
        $default=null
)

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

• Returns mixed The value of the field or the default value if empty.
• Defined on line 557 of libraries/joomla/form/form.php
• Since

See also

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