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Description

Fetches and returns a given filtered variable. The bool filter will only return true/false bool values. This is currently only a proxy function for getVar().

Syntax

getBool($name, $default=false, $hash= 'default')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$name		$name Variable name
$default	false	$default Default value if the variable does not exist
$hash	'default'	$hash Where the var should come from (POST, GET, FILES, COOKIE, METHOD)

Returns

bool Requested variable

Defined in

libraries/joomla/environment/request.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.environment.request' );

Source Body

function getBool($name, $default = false, $hash = 'default')
{
        return JRequest::getVar($name, $default, $hash, 'bool');
}

Examples

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