Logged in user details, profile, message notification display using access level category

Question

I have converted a dashboard template for joomla 2.5 for my project. the issue is this i want to show the login details for the user just like i mentioned in the image is there any module or plugin which can help.. i have created access levels for admin teacher and students so anyone who log in will see its profile and the status like this.!! And also the message notifications ..!!! Any help would be appreciated ...!!! Thanks in Advance...!!!

Answer 1

You should have a read through the docs there are lots of useful tips there, maybe the following is what you need?

To get this object for the current user, use the following member function of JFactory:

$user = JFactory::getUser();

Or, to get information about any other registered user you can call the function with a user 'id', e.g. for user '99';

$user = JFactory::getUser(99);

This code displays the current user's name, email, user name and user type:

echo "<p>Your name is {$user->name}, your email is {$user->email}, and your username is {$user->username}</p>";

Update 1

In this example, some information about the current logged in user is displayed, but only when the user is actually logged in.

$user = JFactory::getUser();

if (!$user->guest) {
  echo 'You are logged in as:<br />';
  echo 'User name: ' . $user->username . '<br />';
  echo 'Real name: ' . $user->name . '<br />';
  echo 'User ID  : ' . $user->id . '<br />';
}

In this example, a check is made to determine if the current user has edit permission on content.

$user = JFactory::getUser();

if ($user->authorize( 'com_content', 'edit', 'content', 'all' )) {
  echo 'Editing permitted.';
} else {
  echo 'Editing not permitted.';
}

All of the reference details are here

Hope this helps.