JFormHelper::loadType

Method to load a form entity object given a type.

Each type is loaded only once and then used as a prototype for other objects of same type. Please, use this method only with those entities which support types (forms don't support them).

Signature

protected function loadType(string
        $entity,
            [string
        $type = true,
            [boolean
        $new = true]] )

Parameters

$entity: The entity.
$type: The entity type.
$new: Flag to toggle whether we should get a new instance of the object.

Returns

mixed: Entity object on success, false otherwise.