public static function setParam($key, $value)
{
if (!is_object(self::$params)) {
JLoader::import('joomla.application.component.helper');
self::$params = JComponentHelper::getParams('com_akeebasubs');
}
self::$params->set($key, $value);
$db = JFactory::getDBO();
$data = self::$params->toString();
$sql = $db->getQuery(true)->update($db->qn('#__extensions'))->set($db->qn('params') . ' = ' . $db->q($data))->where($db->qn('element') . ' = ' . $db->q('com_akeebasubs'))->where($db->qn('type') . ' = ' . $db->q('component'));
$db->setQuery($sql);
$db->execute();
}
