Question

In Joomla 1.0, the current User object was stored in a global variable called $my. This doesn’t exist in Joomla 1.5 any more – how do I get that object? Also, how can you tell if the user hasn’t logged in?

Answer 1

Information found at http://docs.joomla.org/Accessing_the_current_user_object

$user =& JFactory::getUser(); 

And how to tell if they’ve logged in, or if they’re just a guest:

if ($user->guest) {     echo 'Please log in.'; } else {     echo 'Welcome!'; }