How to get component parameters?

Question

I have a problem here and just cant solve it :-/

I am developing an Joomla component with backend. In the backend I set a parameter, the dashboardId, bu

Answer 1

There's a more simple way. First import Joomla Component Helper:

jimport('joomla.application.component.helper'); // not required in Joomla 3.x

And then retrieve any attribute you want like this:

$params = JComponentHelper::getParams('com_dashboard');
$dashboardID = $params->get('dashboardID');

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