Joomla! Documentation™

Description

Method to get the controller name

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Syntax

getName()

Returns

string The name of the dispatcher

Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/component/controller.php

Importing

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

Source Body

function getName()
{
        $name = $this->_name;

        if (empty( $name ))
        {
                $r = null;
                if ( !preg_match( '/(.*)Controller/i', get_class( $this ), $r ) ) {
                        JError::raiseError(500, "JController::getName() : Cannot get or parse class name.");
                }
                $name = strtolower( $r[1] );
        }

        return $name;
}

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