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Description

Get the most recent error message.

Syntax

getError($i=null, $toString=true)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$i	null	$i Option error index.
$toString	true	$toString Indicates if objects should return their error message.

Returns

string Error message

Defined in

libraries/joomla/base/object.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.base.object' );

Source Body

public function getError($i = null, $toString = true)
{
        // Find the error
        if ($i === null)
        {
                // Default, return the last message
                $error = end($this->_errors);
        }
        else if (!array_key_exists($i, $this->_errors))
        {
                // If $i has been specified but does not exist, return false
                return false;
        }
        else {
                $error  = $this->_errors[$i];
        }

        // Check if only the string is requested
        if (JError::isError($error) && $toString) {
                return (string)$error;
        }

        return $error;
}