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{user}

The {user} TAG fetches a User object or returns a username, depending on the used attributes.

→ Since BIGACE 2.4.

Attributes

  • id - (required, int)

The User ID to lookup. One of “name” or “id” attribute is required.

  • name - (required, string)

The Username to lookup. One of “name” or “id” attribute is required.

  • assign - (optional, string)

The name of the template variable the user object will be assigned to.

Example

This example shows how to display the author of a menu. 

<html>
<head>
   <title>{$MENU->getName()}</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{$MENU->getName()}</h1>
<div id="content">
{content}
</div>
<p style="font-size: x-small;">Written at {$MENU->getCreateDate()|date_format:"%B %d, %Y"} by {user id=$MENU->getCreateByID()}</p>
</body>
</html>

The next example shows how to display (some) information about a user. 

<html>
<head>
   <title>User Details</title>
</head>
<body>
{user name="admin" assign="principal"}
<h1>Details for: {$principal->getName()}</h1>
<p>ID: {$principal->getID()}</p>
<p>Email: {$principal->getEmail()}</p>
<p>Language: {$principal->getLanguageID()}</p>
<p>Activated: {if $principal->isActive()}Yes{else}No{/if}</p>
</body>
</html>