Хранение настроек в xml файле

<params>
<param name="show_cat" type="text" default="3" label="Number Category rows per page" description=""></param>
<param name="show_item" type="text" default="3" label="Number Photo rows per page" description=""></param>
<param name="show_item_row" type="text" default="3" label="Number Photos to show per row" description=""></param>
</params>

$crow= $conn->GetRow("SELECT id,name,link FROM #__components WHERE id=".$rsar['componentid']);
$c_xml= $lm_absolute_path."admin/components/".strtolower("com_" . str_replace(" ", "",$crow['name']))."/".strtolower(str_replace(" ", "",$crow['name'])).".xml";
$gui->addxmlparams($c_xml,$rsar['params'],false,_COMPONENTS_PARAMS);

$type = @$params->get( 'type' ,'top') ;
$count = @$params->get( 'count' ,'10') ;

$params=parseparams(dbdecode($module['params']));
$params=parselinkparams($Itemid);
$params=parseparams(""); $Itemid=0;