JRequest::getWord

Fetches and returns a given filtered variable. The word filter only allows the characters [A-Za-z_]. This is currently only a proxy function for getVar().

See getVar() for more in-depth documentation on the parameters.

Signature

public function getWord(string
        $name,
            [string
        $default = '',
            [string
        $hash = 'default']] )

Parameters

$name: Variable name.
$default: Default value if the variable does not exist.
$hash: Where the var should come from (POST, GET, FILES, COOKIE, METHOD).

Returns

string: Requested variable.