How can I use a variable that belongs to rainlab.user plugin in my custom component

Question

I'm building a website in October CMS, I installed rainlab.user plugin for user account management. Now I'm currently trying to create my custom component named "UserDetails.php". I am able to get the username in web page using {{ user.username }}. But I need to fetch that username in UserDetails.php. How can I do that? Could you please help me out? Thanks in Advance.!!

Answer 1

You can use Rainlab.user plugin's Auth facade to get current login user details.

you can use below code

ref: https://tutorialmeta.com/octobercms/october-cms-access-logged-user-rainlab-user-plugin

use Auth;

// it will returns the current logged in user
$user = Auth::getUser(); 
if($user) {
    dd($user->username);
}

// further more to check if any user logged in or not you can use 
// it will return true if user is logged in
$loggedIn = Auth::check();
dd($loggedIn);

if any doubt please comment.