<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Retrieve an existing named counter.</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.getmeta.html">Counter::getMeta</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.setcounterclass.html">Counter::setCounterClass</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.html">Counter</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="internals2.counter.counter-class.getnamed" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">Counter::getNamed</h1> <p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Counter::getNamed</span> — <span class="dc-title"> Retrieve an existing named counter. </span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-internals2.counter.counter-class.getnamed-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">static</span> <span class="type"><span class="type Counter">Counter</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>Counter::getNamed</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span> )</div> <p class="simpara"> <span class="function"><strong>Counter::getNamed()</strong></span> returns an existing counter by name if that name exists, or <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> otherwise. This is a static function. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-internals2.counter.counter-class.getnamed-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">name</code></em></span> <dd> <span class="simpara"> The counter name to search for. </span> </dd> </dt> </dl> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-internals2.counter.counter-class.getnamed-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="simpara"> <span class="function"><strong>Counter::getNamed()</strong></span> returns an existing counter by name if that name exists, or <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> otherwise. </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.getmeta.html">Counter::getMeta</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.setcounterclass.html">Counter::setCounterClass</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="internals2.counter.counter-class.html">Counter</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>