Accessing the current user object - Revision history

Wilsonge: Mark needs improvement because of Joomla 1.5 ACL info

2013-06-08T14:58:08Z

Mark needs improvement because of Joomla 1.5 ACL info

2013-06-08T01:50:05Z

removing 1.5 and making 3.1 into 3.x

2013-05-26T20:19:14Z

article to tutorial

2013-04-26T11:31:50Z

Add version tag and remove instances of &

2012-11-30T17:53:49Z

‎External Links: Updated URL

2010-09-20T09:01:22Z

2009-02-04T13:11:54Z

‎External Links: added API link

2009-02-04T13:07:09Z

‎Basics: added info on getting non-current users

2008-07-09T04:25:20Z

2008-01-21T03:35:28Z

‎Determining Status

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		+	{{page\|needs improvement\|Remove Joomla 1.5 ACL info and update to 2.5/3.x.}}
	{{version/tutor\|2.5,3.x}}		{{version/tutor\|2.5,3.x}}
	== Basics ==		== Basics ==

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 == Basics ==
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 <pre>
-	$user =& JFactory::getUser();
+	$user = JFactory::getUser();
 </pre>
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 <pre>
-	$user =& JFactory::getUser(99);
+	$user = JFactory::getUser(99);
-         $user =& JFactory::getUser('johnsmith');
+         $user = JFactory::getUser('johnsmith');
 </pre>
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 <pre>
-	$user =& JFactory::getUser();
+	$user = JFactory::getUser();
 	$language = $user->getParam('language', 'the default');
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 <pre>
-	$user =& JFactory::getUser();
+	$user = JFactory::getUser();
 	if ($user->guest) {
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 <pre>
-	$user =& JFactory::getUser();
+	$user = JFactory::getUser();
 	if ($user->authorize('com_content', 'edit', 'content', 'all')) {
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 <pre>
-	$auth =& JFactory::getACL();
+	$auth = JFactory::getACL();
 	$auth->addACL('com_userinfo15', 'persuade', 'users', 'super administrator');
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 	$auth->addACL('com_userinfo15', 'persuade', 'users', 'manager');
-	$user =& JFactory::getUser();
+	$user = JFactory::getUser();
 	if ($user->authorize('com_userinfo15', 'persuade')) {

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 == External Links ==
-[http://api.joomla.org/Joomla-Framework/User/JUser.html JUser API documentation] see getInstance.
+[http://api.joomla.org/Joomla-Platform/User/JUser.html JUser API documentation] see getInstance.
 [[Category:Development]]

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	[[Category:Development]]		[[Category:Development]]
		+	[[Category:Tutorials]][[Category:Framework]]
		+	[[Category:Module Development]]
		+	[[Category:Plugin Development]][[Category:Component Development]]

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	Information about the current user is readily available in any part of your Joomla! extension. You need only fetch the object and access the member variables. You can authorize the user against the core permissions set, or create your own to suit your needs.		Information about the current user is readily available in any part of your Joomla! extension. You need only fetch the object and access the member variables. You can authorize the user against the core permissions set, or create your own to suit your needs.
		+
		+	== External Links ==
		+
		+	[http://api.joomla.org/Joomla-Framework/User/JUser.html JUser API documentation] see getInstance.

	[[Category:Development]]		[[Category:Development]]

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 == Basics ==
-For every request in Joomla!, there is one user. Information about this user is readily available through the Joomla! framework in the form of an object. To get this object, use the following member function of JFactory:
+For every request in Joomla!, there is one user. Information about this user is readily available through the Joomla! framework in the form of an object. To get this object for the current user, use the following member function of JFactory:
 <pre>
 	$user =& JFactory::getUser();
 </pre>
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 	echo "<p>Your usertype is {$user->usertype} which has a group id of {$user->gid}.</p>";
 </pre>
 == Object Member Variables and Parameters ==

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	Information about the current user is readily available in any part of your Joomla! extension. You need only fetch the object and access the member variables. You can authorize the user against the core permissions set, or create your own to suit your needs.		Information about the current user is readily available in any part of your Joomla! extension. You need only fetch the object and access the member variables. You can authorize the user against the core permissions set, or create your own to suit your needs.
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		+	[[Category:Development]]

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-Frequently, you will just want to make sure the user is logged in before continuing. The 'guest' member function will be set to '1' when the current user is not logged in. When the user is authenticated, 'guest' will be set to '0'.
+Frequently, you will just want to make sure the user is logged in before continuing. The 'guest' property will be set to '1' when the current user is not logged in. When the user is authenticated, 'guest' will be set to '0'.
 <pre>
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+	}
 </pre>
 == Privileges ==