This method tries to find the items that respond to the specified parameters.
This method can only be called on an object of type
'section'. Note that root is a section.
This method is not recursive and tries to keep the current structure.
Parameter
string
$type
type of item: directive, section,
comment, blank...
string
$name
item name
mixed
$content
find item with this content
array
$attributes
find item with attribute set to the given value
integer
$index
index of the item in the returned object list.
If it is not set, will try to return the last item with this name.
Return value
mixed - reference to item found or FALSE when not found
// will return the last directive found
$directives =& $obj->getItem('directive');
// will return the last directive found with content 'root'
$directives =& $obj->getItem('directive', null, 'root');
// will return the fourth directive with name 'bar'
$directive_bar_4 =& $obj->getItem('directive', 'bar', null, null, 4);
// will return the last section named 'foo'
$section_foo =& $obj->getItem('section', 'foo');
// will return the last section with attribute 'id' set to 'db'
$section_foo =& $obj->getItem('section', 'foo', null, array('id' => 'db'));
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