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JFactory::getUser

Description

Get an user object.

public static function getUser ($id=null)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$id		null

• Returns
• Defined on line 153 of libraries/joomla/factory.php
• Referenced by
  • JPluginHelper::_load
  • JModuleHelper::_load
  • JUserHelper::addUserToGroup
  • JControllerForm::allowAdd
  • JControllerForm::allowEdit
  • JMenu::authorise
  • JController::authorise
  • JModelAdmin::canDelete
  • JModelAdmin::canEditState
  • JModelForm::checkin
  • JModelAdmin::checkin
  • JControllerAdmin::checkin
  • JModelForm::checkout
  • JApplication::checkSession
  • JHelp::createURL
  • JHtml::date
  • JTableMenuType::delete
  • JModelAdmin::delete
  • JForm::filterField
  • JCategoryNode::getAuthor
  • JSession::getFormToken
  • JFormFieldCalendar::getInput
  • JFormFieldCategory::getOptions
  • JUserHelper::getProfile
  • JApplication::initialise
  • JModuleHelper::moduleCache
  • JModelAdmin::publish
  • JUserHelper::removeUserFromGroup
  • JModelAdmin::reorder
  • JControllerAdmin::reorder
  • JUser::save
  • JModelAdmin::saveorder
  • JUserHelper::setUserGroups
  • JTableMenuType::store
  • JTableContent::store
  • JTableCategory::store
  • JHtmlAccess::usergroups

See also

• JFactory::getUser source code on BitBucket
• Class JFactory
• Other versions of JFactory::getUser