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Description

Method to get the user table object

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Syntax

& getTable($type=null, $prefix= 'JTable')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$type	null	The user table name to be used
$prefix		The user table prefix to be used

Returns

object The user table object

Defined in

libraries/joomla/user/user.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.user.user' );

Source Body

function &getTable( $type = null, $prefix = 'JTable' )
{
        static $tabletype;

        //Set the default tabletype;
        if(!isset($tabletype)) {
                $tabletype['name']              = 'user';
                $tabletype['prefix']    = 'JTable';
        }

        //Set a custom table type is defined
        if(isset($type)) {
                $tabletype['name']              = $type;
                $tabletype['prefix']    = $prefix;
        }

        // Create the user table object
        $table  =& JTable::getInstance( $tabletype['name'], $tabletype['prefix'] );
        return $table;
}

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