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Description

Detach an observer object

Syntax

detach($observer)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$observer		$observer An observer object to detach

Returns

boolean True if the observer object was detached

Defined in

libraries/joomla/base/observable.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.base.observable' );

Source Body

public function detach($observer)
{
        // Initialise variables.
        $retval = false;

        $key = array_search($observer, $this->_observers);

        if ($key !== false)
        {
                unset($this->_observers[$key]);
                $retval = true;
                foreach($this->_methods AS &$method) {
                        $k = array_search($key, $method);
                        if ($k !== false) {
                                unset($method[$k]);
                        }
                }
        }
        return $retval;
}