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Description

Get a namespace in a given string format

Syntax

toString($format= 'JSON', $namespace=null, $params=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$format	'JSON'	Format to return the string in
$namespace	null	Namespace to return [optional: null returns the default namespace]
$params	null	Parameters used by the formatter, see formatters for more info

Returns

string Namespace in string format

Defined in

libraries/joomla/registry/registry.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.registry.registry' );

Source Body

public function toString($format = 'JSON', $namespace = null, $params = null)
{
        // Return a namespace in a given format
        $handler = JRegistryFormat::getInstance($format);

        // If namespace is not set, get the default namespace
        if ($namespace == null) {
                $namespace = $this->_defaultNameSpace;
        }

        // Get the namespace
        $ns = & $this->_registry[$namespace]['data'];

        return $handler->objectToString($ns, $params);
}