Hi,
I've searched throughout the forum for an answer and so far haven't found anything that's helped me.
I am trying to use static pages to display information to users, but only certain users with permissions that I would set manually.
So I would add a field in the database with the permissions, but I can't find how to access the current user's information (for example his username, so I can use that to connect to the database and check his permission). Basically, I'm trying to understand where the username for the current session gets stored. Hope this makes sense.
Patrick
Using static pages to display additional database content
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Using static pages to display additional database content
by PatickC » Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:57 pm
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Re: Using static pages to display additional database conten
by asmecher » Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:06 am
Hi Patrick,
The Static Pages plugin won't be able to help you with that; you'll either need to write a new plugin, or modify the code directly. Once you're into PHP-land, you can get the current user by calling the Request::getUser() function, which will return a User object. Then you can use $user->getUsername() to get the username.
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Alec Smecher
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The Static Pages plugin won't be able to help you with that; you'll either need to write a new plugin, or modify the code directly. Once you're into PHP-land, you can get the current user by calling the Request::getUser() function, which will return a User object. Then you can use $user->getUsername() to get the username.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
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Re: Using static pages to display additional database conten
by PatickC » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:27 pm
Thank you Alec,
I had assumed it wouldn't be as easy as it seemed in my mind. I've decided to go another route to get what I need done, but I am curious if there's documentation on how to get to PHP-land as you call it.
Thanks,
Patrick
I had assumed it wouldn't be as easy as it seemed in my mind. I've decided to go another route to get what I need done, but I am curious if there's documentation on how to get to PHP-land as you call it.
Thanks,
Patrick
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Re: Using static pages to display additional database conten
by asmecher » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:44 pm
Hi Patrick,
The best reference on that is the Technical Reference, available from our Documentation page, though it's a little out of date; I also turned up this article by an outside contributor.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
The best reference on that is the Technical Reference, available from our Documentation page, though it's a little out of date; I also turned up this article by an outside contributor.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
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