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Method to test if two values are equal. To use this rule, the form XML needs a validate attribute of equals and a field attribute that is equal to the field to test against.

• return: True if the value is valid, false otherwise.
• throws: InvalidArgumentException
• throws: UnexpectedValueException
• since: 11.1
• access: public

• SimpleXMLElement $element: The SimpleXMLElement object representing the <field /> tag for the form field object.
• mixed $value: The form field value to validate.
• string $group: The field name group control value. This acts as as an array container for the field. For example if the field has name="foo" and the group value is set to "bar" then the full field name would end up being "bar[foo]".
• JRegistry $input: An optional JRegistry object with the entire data set to validate against the entire form.
• JForm $form: The form object for which the field is being tested.

JFormRule::test()

Method to test the value.