How do I access the template color inside an article?

Question

I'm fairly new to Joomla, using version 3.3.6 with the default protostar template (based on bootstrap). I'm using the Sourcerer plugin to insert PHP code into my articles.

Now I want to access the template color to style the border of a table. Inside the index.php I can just use $this->params->get('templateColor') . However, inside the article there is no object context defined. I have had a look at the variables and objects that are defined in sourcerer . So far without success.

Or is there another (better) method of dynamically using template colors inside the editor?

Answer 1

Use the below code for template-color

$app    = JFactory::getApplication();
$params = $app->getTemplate(true)->params;

$color  = $params->get('templateColor');

Answer 2

Nick's answer is correct. However, I found out it's easier and probably better to just create a css class

.templateColorBorder {
    border: 2px solid <?php echo $this->params->get('templateColor'); ?>;
}

inside index.php . That way I can just edit the article using the normal html editor and assign this class to the cells/tables I want to have a colored border and don't even need any PHP code inside the article.

<td class="templateColorBorder">