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JController::getView

Description

Method to get a reference to the current view and load it if necessary.

public function getView (
        $name= ''
        $type= ''
        $prefix= ''
        $config=array
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$name	string		The view name. Optional, defaults to the controller name.
$type	string		The view type. Optional.
$prefix	string		The class prefix. Optional.
$config	array	array()	Configuration array for view. Optional.

• Returns object Reference to the view or an error.
• Defined on line 767 of libraries/joomla/application/component/controller.php
• Since

See also

• JController::getView source code on BitBucket
• Class JController
• Subpackage Application
• Other versions of JController::getView