Joomla! Documentation™

Description

Returns a reference to a global Template object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.

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Syntax

& getInstance($type= 'html')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$type	'html'	$type (either html or tex)

Returns

jtemplate A template object

Defined in

libraries/joomla/template/template.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.template.template' );

Source Body

function &getInstance( $type = 'html' )
{
        static $instances;

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

        $signature = serialize(array($type));

        if (empty($instances[$signature])) {
                $instances[$signature] = new JTemplate($type);
        }

        return $instances[$signature];
}

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