JForm::getFieldAttribute

Method to get an attribute value from a field XML element. If the attribute doesn't exist or is null then the optional default value will be used.

Signature

public function getFieldAttribute(string
        $name,
            [string
        $attribute = null,
            [mixed
        $default = null,
            [string
        $group = null]]] )

Parameters

$name: The name of the form field for which to get the attribute value.
$attribute: The name of the attribute for which to get a value.
$default: The optional default value to use if no attribute value exists.
$group: The optional dot-separated form group path on which to find the field.

Returns

mixed: The attribute value for the field.

Errors/Exceptions

UnexpectedValueException