Joomla get menu item id

Question

I have a component that has a simple payment form. I just want to get the current menu item id. I've tried several things to get the id.

    //get the active menu item id
    $app = JFactory::getApplication();
    $menu   = $app->getMenu();
    $active   = $menu->getActive();
    $activeId = $active->id;
    JLog::add('active id is: '.$activeId); //I get nothing returned

    $currentMenuId = JSite::getMenu()->getActive()->id ;
    JLog::add('menu id is: '.$currentMenuId); //I get nothing returned

    //try to see what the current url is
    $currenturl = JURI::current();
    JLog::add('current url is: '.$currenturl); //I get mysite.com/index.php

I use $activeId code in my plugins without problems but it doesn't work in my component. What am I missing?

Solution

$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$menu = $app->getMenu()->getActive()->id;
echo $menu;

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