====== getInfo ======
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| {{http://api.joomla.org/media/images/package.png?nolink}} [[references:joomla.framework|Joomla.Framework]] | {{http://api.joomla.org/media/images/package.png?nolink}} [[references:joomla.framework/#Application|Application]] | {{http://api.joomla.org/media/images/Class.png?nolink}} [[JComponentHelper]] | [[http://api.joomla.org/Joomla-Framework/Application/JComponentHelper.html#getInfo|JComponentHelper->getInfo]] | never | Work in progress |

Gets information about a component.

During the first invokation of this method, all the entries are retrieved from the components table.  Subsequent calls will return the record for the specified component.

===== Syntax =====
stdClass &getInfo ( **$name** )
| **$name** | string | is a string containing the name of the component for which to obtain information. |


===== Examples =====

<code php|Example>
$info =& JComponentHelper::getInfo( 'com_weblinks' );
print_r( $info );
</code>
might produce
<code php|Result>
stdClass Object
(
    [id] => 4
    [name] => Web Links
    [link] => option=com_weblinks
    [menuid] => 0
    [parent] => 0
    [admin_menu_link] => 
    [admin_menu_alt] => Manage Weblinks
    [option] => com_weblinks
    [ordering] => 0
    [admin_menu_img] => js/ThemeOffice/component.png
    [iscore] => 0
    [params] => 
    [enabled] => 1
)
</code>

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