JForm::getValue

Method to get the value of a field.

Signature

public function getValue(string
        $name,
            [string
        $group = null,
            [mixed
        $default = null]] )

Parameters

$name: The name of the field for which to get the value.
$group: The optional dot-separated form group path on which to get the value.
$default: The optional default value of the field value is empty.

Returns

mixed: The value of the field or the default value if empty.