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JFormRule::test

Description

Method to test the value.

public function test (
        &$element
        $value
        $group=null
        &$input=null
        &$form=null
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
&$element			on invalid rule.
$value	mixed		The form field value to validate.
$group	string	null	The field name group control value. This acts as as an array container for the field. For example if the field has name="foo" and the group value is set to "bar" then the full field name would end up being "bar[foo]".
&$input	object	null	$input An optional object with the entire data set to validate against the entire form.
&$form	object	null	$form The form object for which the field is being tested.

• Returns boolean True if the value is valid, false otherwise.
• Defined on line 61 of libraries/joomla/form/formrule.php
• Since

See also

• JFormRule::test source code on BitBucket
• Class JFormRule
• Subpackage Form
• Other versions of JFormRule::test