Membership Plugin and/or getCurrentUserFromCMS

4 posts by 3 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder: Plugins & Add-ons
Last Post: July 29, 2014   (RSS)

By Perchpole - July 22, 2014

Hello, All -

I recently discovered there is a new way to access user info with the getCurrentUserFromCMS function. From what I've read thus far it was introduced to help manage user info for those who don't have the membership plugin.

I do have the membership plugin - so my question is should I completely avoid this function (and all the other bits of code that go with it) or does it introduce new features that would be useful in addition to the membership plugin?

Thanks,

Perch

By claire - July 23, 2014

Hi Perch

That function doesn't add anything new if you already have Website Membership. You can just ignore it.

Remember, if you need to access anything for the current user with Website Membership, all you need to do is look at the $CURRENT_USER variable.

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By Perchpole - July 23, 2014

Hi, Claire -

Thanks for confirming this.I'd set-up a test page with both snippets of code and I found I could be logged in twice - once in the SESSION variable - and once as a COOKIE!

I think I'm right in saying that CMSB is leaning more towards SESSION usage - but the Membership Plugin seems to be lagging in that regard.

:0/

Perch