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

Helper Function to get Params Object in all Joomla Versions 1.5 / 2.5 /3.x

class myCompoHelper{

    public static function getParams($option)
    {

        if (version_compare(JVERSION, '1.5', 'g'))
        {
            $application = JFactory::getApplication();
            if ($application->isSite())
            {
                $params = $application->getParams($option);
            }
            else
            {
                jimport('joomla.application.component.helper');
                $params = JComponentHelper::getParams($option);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            jimport('joomla.application.component.helper');
            $params = JComponentHelper::getParams($option);
        }
        return $params;
    }

}

$params=myCompoHelper::getParams('com_mycomponent');
echo $params->get('myParamName',null);