View source for JForm

===Methods===
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!Method name
!Description
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::__construct|__construct]]
|Method to instantiate the form object. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::bind|bind]]
|Method to bind data to the form. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::filter|filter]]
|Method to filter the form data. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getErrors|getErrors]]
|Return all errors, if any. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getField|getField]]
|Method to get a form field represented as a  object. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getFieldAttribute|getFieldAttribute]]
|Method to get an attribute value from a field XML element. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getFieldset|getFieldset]]
|Method to get an array of  objects in a given fieldset by name. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getFieldsets|getFieldsets]]
|Method to get an array of fieldset objects optionally filtered over a given field group. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getFormControl|getFormControl]]
|Method to get the form control. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getGroup|getGroup]]
|Method to get an array of  objects in a given field group by name. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getInput|getInput]]
|Method to get a form field markup for the field input. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getLabel|getLabel]]
|Method to get a form field markup for the field input. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getName|getName]]
|Method to get the form name. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::getValue|getValue]]
|Method to get the value of a field. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::load|load]]
|Method to load the form description from an XML string or object. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::loadFile|loadFile]]
|Method to load the form description from an XML file. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::removeField|removeField]]
|Method to remove a field from the form definition. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::removeGroup|removeGroup]]
|Method to remove a group from the form definition. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::reset|reset]]
|Method to reset the form data store and optionally the form XML definition. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::setField|setField]]
|Method to set a field XML element to the form definition. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::setFieldAttribute|setFieldAttribute]]
|Method to set an attribute value for a field XML element. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::setFields|setFields]]
|Method to set some field XML elements to the form definition. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::setValue|setValue]]
|Method to set the value of a field. 
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|public 
|[[API17:JForm::validate|validate]]
|Method to validate form data. 
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|public static 
|[[API17:JForm::addFieldPath|addFieldPath]]
|Proxy for . 
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|public static 
|[[API17:JForm::addFormPath|addFormPath]]
|Proxy for . 
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|public static 
|[[API17:JForm::addRulePath|addRulePath]]
|Proxy for . 
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|public static 
|[[API17:JForm::getInstance|getInstance]]
|Method to get an instance of a form. 
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|protected 
|[[API17:JForm::bindLevel|bindLevel]]
|Method to bind data to the form for the group level. 
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|protected 
|[[API17:JForm::filterField|filterField]]
|Method to apply an input filter to a value based on field data. 
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|protected 
|[[API17:JForm::findField|findField]]
|Method to get a form field represented as an XML element object. 
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|protected  
|[[API17:JForm::findFieldsByFieldset|findFieldsByFieldset]]
|Method to get an array of <field> elements from the form XML document which are in a specified fieldset by name. 
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|protected  
|[[API17:JForm::findFieldsByGroup|findFieldsByGroup]]
|Method to get an array of <field> elements from the form XML document which are in a control group by name. 
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|protected  
|[[API17:JForm::findGroup|findGroup]]
|Method to get a form field group represented as an XML element object. 
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|protected 
|[[API17:JForm::loadField|loadField]]
|Method to load, setup and return a  object based on field data. 
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|protected 
|[[API17:JForm::loadFieldType|loadFieldType]]
|Proxy for . 
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|protected 
|[[API17:JForm::loadRuleType|loadRuleType]]
|Proxy for . 
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|protected 
|[[API17:JForm::syncPaths|syncPaths]]
|Method to synchronize any field, form or rule paths contained in the XML document. 
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|protected 
|[[API17:JForm::validateField|validateField]]
|Method to validate a  object based on field data. 
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|protected static 
|[[API17:JForm::addNode|addNode]]
|Adds a new child SimpleXMLElement node to the source. 
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|protected static 
|[[API17:JForm::mergeNode|mergeNode]]
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|protected static 
|[[API17:JForm::mergeNodes|mergeNodes]]
|Merges new elements into a source <fields> element. 
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* '''Defined in''' libraries/joomla/form/form.php