Question

I’m customizing the product view page and I need to show the user’s name. How do I access the account information of the current user (if he’s logged in) to get Name etc. ?

Answer 1

Found under ‘app/code/core/Mage/Page/Block/Html/Header.php’:

public function getWelcome() {     if (empty($this->_data['welcome'])) {         if (Mage::app()->isInstalled() && Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn()) {             $this->_data['welcome'] = $this->__('Welcome, %s!', Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer()->getName());         } else {             $this->_data['welcome'] = Mage::getStoreConfig('design/header/welcome');         }     }      return $this->_data['welcome']; } 

So it looks like Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer() will get your current logged in customer 😉

To get the currently logged in admin:

Mage::getSingleton('admin/session')->getUser();