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JUser

Methods

Visibility	Method name	Description
public	__construct	Constructor activating the default information of the language.
public	authorise	Method to check object authorisation against an access control object and optionally an access extension object.
public	authorisedLevels
public	authorize
public	bind	Method to bind an associative array of data to a user object.
public	defParam	Method to set a default parameter if it does not exist.
public	delete	Method to delete the object from the database.
public	getAuthorisedCategories	Method to return a list of all categories that a user has permission for a given action.
public	getAuthorisedGroups	Gets an array of the authorised user groups.
public	getAuthorisedViewLevels	Gets an array of the authorised access levels for the user.
public	getParam	Method to get a parameter value.
public	getParameters	Method to get the user parameters.
public	load	Method to load a object by user id number.
public	save	Method to save the object to the database.
public	setLastVisit	Pass through method to the table for setting the last visit date.
public	setParam	Method to set a parameter.
public	setParameters	Method to get the user parameters.
public static	getInstance	Returns the global User object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.
public static	getTable	Method to get the user table object.

• Defined in libraries/joomla/user/user.php
• Extends JObject

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.user.user' );

See also

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