Being new to Joomla the following took me some time to figure out:
This does not work for me:
$config = JFactory::getConfig();
$mf = $config->get('config.mailfrom');
The following does work:
$config = JFactory::getConfig();
$mf = $config->get('mailfrom');
Is this a configuration issue in my Joomla installation or should I update the Joomla documentation here?
Btw, I am using Joomla 3.3.
I would suggest you to use below syntax to get configuration values of Joomla.
$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$mailfrom = $app->getCfg('mailfrom');
This will work with almost all Joomla versions.
I got here and for me this is working get('mailfrom') getCfg is no longer a supported method.
I'm using joomla 3.4.3 and below code is working for me.
$config = & JFactory::getConfig();
$mf = $config->get('mailfrom');