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Description

Method to get the user parameters

Syntax

getParameters($loadsetupfile=false, $path=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$loadsetupfile	false	If true, loads the parameters setup file. Default is false.
$path	null	Set the parameters setup file base path to be used to load the user parameters.

Returns

object The user parameters object

Defined in

libraries/joomla/user/user.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.user.user' );

Source Body

function getParameters($loadsetupfile = false, $path = null)
{
        static $parampath;

        // Set a custom parampath if defined
        if (isset($path)) {
                $parampath = $path;
        }

        // Set the default parampath if not set already
        if (!isset($parampath)) {
                $parampath = JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR.DS.'components'.DS.'com_users'.DS.'models';
        }

        if ($loadsetupfile)
        {
                $type = str_replace(' ', '_', strtolower($this->usertype));

                $file = $parampath.DS.$type.'.xml';
                if (!file_exists($file)) {
                        $file = $parampath.DS.'user.xml';
                }

                $this->_params->loadSetupFile($file);
        }
        return $this->_params;
}