Question

Joomla 1.7.2: I fear I’m making this more difficult than it needs to be. Here’s what I need to do:

if( !$this->userInUserGroup() ){
    // Log the user out
    // Redirect to home page displaying system message
    $this->setRedirect( '/', 'You must be in Usergroup XYZ to log in to this website.', 'error' );
    $this->redirect();
}

This does not work as I cannot log the user out. session_destroy() does not work, as it eliminates the error message data invoked with $this->setRedirect().

I thought about modifying the login module, but I’d prefer to not modify the core if I can help it. This method would be comfortably restricted to my ComponentController class.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Answer 1

ShaneC you can use the mainframe’s logout method.

global $mainframe;

$mainframe->logout();

or

$mainframe = JFactory::getApplication();
$mainframe->logout();