Question

What is the correct way to access template parameters in components template in Joomla 2.5?

There are something implementations for earlier versions of Joomla but not for 2.5.
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?p=2166990#p2166903

Answer 1

I think this might be what you’re looking for:

$app        = JFactory::getApplication();
$template   = $app->getTemplate(true);
$params     = $template->params;
$variable   = $params->get('variable');