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JUserHelper

Methods

Visibility	Method name	Description
public	getProfile	Gets the user profile information.
public static	activateUser	Method to activate a user.
public static	addUserToGroup	Method to add a user to a group.
public static	genRandomPassword	Generate a random password.
public static	getCryptedPassword	Formats a password using the current encryption.
public static	getSalt	Returns a salt for the appropriate kind of password encryption.
public static	getUserGroups	Method to get a list of groups a user is in.
public static	getUserId	Returns userid if a user exists.
public static	removeUserFromGroup	Method to remove a user from a group.
public static	setUserGroups	Method to set the groups for a user.

• Defined in libraries/joomla/user/helper.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.user.helper' );

See also

• JUserHelper source code on BitBucket
• Subpackage User
• Other versions of JUserHelper

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