Joomla! Documentation™

Description

Get the most recent error message

Syntax

getError($i=null, $toString=true)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$i	null	$i Option error index
$toString	true	$toString Indicates if objects should return their error message

Returns

string Error message public

Defined in

libraries/joomla/error/exception.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.error.exception' );

Source Body

public function getError($i = null, $toString = true)
{
        // Find the error
        if ($i === null) {
                // Default, return the last message
                $error = end($this->_errors);
        }
        else
        if (! array_key_exists($i, $this->_errors)) {
                // If $i has been specified but does not exist, return false
                return false;
        }
        else {
                $error  = $this->_errors[$i];
        }

        // Check if only the string is requested
        if (JError::isError($error) && $toString) {
                return (string)$error;
        }

        return $error;
}

Examples

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