API16:JElementCategory/fetchElement

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Syntax

fetchElement($name, $value, &$node, $control_name)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$name
$value
&$node
$control_name

Defined in

libraries/joomla/html/parameter/element/category.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.html.parameter.element.category' );

Source Body

public function fetchElement($name, $value, &$node, $control_name)
{
        $db = &JFactory::getDbo();

        $extension      = $node->attributes('extension');
        $class          = $node->attributes('class');
        $filter         = explode(',', $node->attributes('filter'));

        if (!isset ($extension)) {
                // alias for extension
                $extension = $node->attributes('scope');
                if (!isset ($extension)) {
                        $extension = 'com_content';
                }
        }

        if (!$class) {
                $class = "inputbox";
        }

        if (count($filter) < 1) {
                $filter = null;
        }

        return JHtml::_('list.category', $control_name.'['.$name.']', $extension, $extension.'.view', $filter, (int) $value, $class, null, 1, $control_name.$name);
}

Examples

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