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');

Greetings.

Answer 2

I had a similar problem. I only got the data:protected result until I went to the configuration of my component and saved it. Though there were default values printed in the textfields Joomla wasn't able to read them before clicking on 'save'.