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JForm::validateField

Description

Method to validate a object based on field data.

protected function validateField (
        $element
        $group=null
        $value=null
        $input=null
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$element	string		The XML element object representation 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.
$input	object	null	An optional object with the entire data set to validate against the entire form.

• Returns mixed Boolean true if field value is valid, on failure.
• Defined on line 1565 of libraries/joomla/form/form.php
• Since

See also

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