JRequest::getInt

Fetches and returns a given filtered variable. The integer filter will allow only digits and the - sign to be returned. This is currently only a proxy function for getVar().

See getVar() for more in-depth documentation on the parameters.

Signature

public function getInt(string
        $name,
            [integer
        $default = 0,
            [string
        $hash = 'default']] )

Parameters

$name: Variable name.
$default: Default value if the variable does not exist.
$hash: Where the var should come from (POST, GET, FILES, COOKIE, METHOD).

Returns

integer: Requested variable.