php - How to get the tags associated to an article in Joomla -

i need tags associated article in joomla 3.1.5

i have tried following not return string:

echo $article->item->tags->itemtags; 

and

$tags = $article->get("tags"); 

and record loading article info such (getting article title works perfectly)

$article = jtable::getinstance("content"); $article->load(jrequest::getint("id")); $pagetitle = $article->get("title"); $user =& jfactory::getuser(); 

if in components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php, tags being displayed so:

if ($this->params->get('show_tags', 1) && !empty($this->item->tags->itemtags)) {     $this->item->taglayout = new jlayoutfile('joomla.content.tags');     echo $this->item->taglayout->render($this->item->tags->itemtags); } 

so can base on this:

hope helps