JForm::getField

Method to get a form field represented as a JFormField object.

Signature

public function getField(string
        $name,
            [string
        $group = null,
            [mixed
        $value = null]] )

Parameters

$name: The name of the form field.
$group: The optional dot-separated form group path on which to find the field.
$value: The optional value to use as the default for the field.

Returns

mixed: The JFormField object for the field or boolean false on error.