The User

Many extensions use the currently logged-in user to determine what to display. A user has several attributes in which we might be interested. This table describes each of the attributes:

Attribute	Description
activation	String used to activate new user accounts
Aid	Legacy user group ID
block	True if the user’s access is blocked
email	The user’s email address
Gid	User group ID
guest	True if the user is a guest (not logged in)
Id	The user’s ID, an integer; this is not the same as their username
lastvisitDate	Date and time at which the user last logged in
name	User’s name
params	INI string of parameters
password	Hashed password
registerDate	Date and time at which the user account was registered
sendEmail	True if the user wishes to receive system emails
username	User’s username
usertype	Name of user group