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Description

Get the component info

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Syntax

& getComponent($name, $strict=false)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$name		$name The component name
$strict	false	$string If set and a component does not exist, the enabled attribue will be set to false

Returns

object A JComponent object

Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/component/helper.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.application.component.helper' );

Source Body

function &getComponent( $name, $strict = false )
{
        $result = null;
        $components = JComponentHelper::_load();

        if (isset( $components[$name] ))
        {
                $result = &$components[$name];
        }
        else
        {
                $result                         = new stdClass();
                $result->enabled        = $strict ? false : true;
                $result->params         = null;
        }

        return $result;
}

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