Question

I tried

public function getName()
{
    return 'TEST';
}

in UserIdentity.php but it doesn’t seem to change the value of Yii::app()->user->name

Answer 1

In the class UserIdentity that you defined you’ll need to set a new state by using setState(name, value) method.

For example in the method authenticate if the user is good:

//if the user is good (good login and good password)
$this->_id=$record->id;
$this->setState('name', $record->name);
$this->errorCode=self::ERROR_NONE;

Then you will be able to call Yii::app()->user->name

• A complete example in the Yii guide
• The setState() documentation