Joomla getTable() Method

It is a method to get a table object, load it if necessary.

• string $name - The table name. Optional.
• string $prefix - The class prefix. Optional.
• array $options - Configuration array for model. Optional.
• return \JTable - A \JTable object

public function getTable($name = '', $prefix = 'Table', $options = array())
 {
 if (empty($name))
 {
 $name = $this->getName();
 }

if ($table = $this->_createTable($name, $prefix, $options))
 {
 return $table;
 }

throw new \Exception(\JText::sprintf('JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_TABLE_NAME_NOT_SUPPORTED', $name), 0);
 }

The method uses another protected method: _createTable()

_createTable Method

It is a method to load and return a model object.

• string $name - The name of the view
• string $prefix - The class prefix. Optional.
• array $config - Configuration settings to pass to \JTable::getInstance
• return \JTable|boolean - Table object or boolean false if failed

protected function _createTable($name, $prefix = 'Table', $config = array())
 {
 // Clean the model name
 $name = preg_replace('/[^A-Z0-9_]/i', '', $name);
 $prefix = preg_replace('/[^A-Z0-9_]/i', '', $prefix);

// Make sure we are returning a DBO object
 if (!array_key_exists('dbo', $config))
 {
 $config['dbo'] = $this->getDbo();
 }

return \JTable::getInstance($name, $prefix, $config);
 }