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Syntax

& getAdapter($type)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$type

Defined in

libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.filesystem.archive' );

Source Body

function &getAdapter($type)
{
        static $adapters;

        if (!isset($adapters)) {
                $adapters = array();
        }

        if (!isset($adapters[$type]))
        {
                // Try to load the adapter object
                $class = 'JArchive'.ucfirst($type);

                if (!class_exists($class))
                {
                        $path = dirname(__FILE__).DS.'archive'.DS.strtolower($type).'.php';
                        if (file_exists($path)) {
                                require_once($path);
                        } else {
                                JError::raiseError(500,JText::_('Unable to load archive'));
                        }
                }

                $adapters[$type] = new $class();
        }
        return $adapters[$type];
}

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