.. _BackendUser-getSettings:

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BackendUser::getSettings()
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\\nn\\t3::BackendUser()->getSettings(``$moduleName = 'nnhelpers', $path = NULL``);
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Retrieves user-specific settings for the currently logged in backend user.
See ``\nn\t3::BackendUser()->updateSettings()`` to save the data.

.. code-block:: php

	\nn\t3::BackendUser()->getSettings('myext'); // => ['wants'=>['drink'=>'coffee']]
	\nn\t3::BackendUser()->getSettings('myext', 'wants'); // => ['drink'=>'coffee']
	\nn\t3::BackendUser()->getSettings('myext', 'wants.drink'); // => 'coffee'

| ``@return mixed``

Source Code
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.. code-block:: php

   
   public function getSettings( $moduleName = 'nnhelpers', $path = null )
   {
   	$data = $this->get()->uc[$moduleName] ?? [];
   	if (!$path) return $data;
   	return \nn\t3::Settings()->getFromPath( $path, $data );
   }