JForm::setValue

Method to set the value of a field. If the field does not exist in the form then the method will return false.

Signature

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

Parameters

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

Returns

boolean: True on success.