Joomla! Documentation™

Description

Get a mailer object

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Syntax

& getMailer()

Returns

object

Defined in

libraries/joomla/factory.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.factory' );

Source Body

function &getMailer( )
{
        static $instance;

        if ( ! is_object($instance) ) {
                $instance = JFactory::_createMailer();
        }

        // Create a copy of this object - do not return the original because it may be used several times
        // PHP4 copies objects by value whereas PHP5 copies by reference
        $copy   = (PHP_VERSION < 5) ? $instance : clone($instance);

        return $copy;
}

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