Access to logged on user's data

I downloaded VisForms and got it working well. Congratulation on a very useful and well documented Joomla extension!

I've created an input form which is only accessible to logged on users. VisForms lets me access their Name, Username, and Email Address, but I'd like to access other 'standard' information contained in their user data. Is there anyway to do this in the latest version (I have the Beta version installed)?

Thanks
Robin

Hi Robin,

thanks, you're welcome.

Sorry, but even in the current latest beta only username, name and user email address are accessible.
Which other fields would you define as "standard" information?

Regards,
Aicha

Hi Aicha,

Thanks for your prompt reply. When I said 'standard', I was thinking about the fields that can be included in the Joomla User Registration page, and might therefore be available in the same way as Name, Username and Email. Specifically my intended use concerns the delivery of auction goods, so I was after extracting the user's Postal Address and Telephone Number.

Thanks
Robin

Hi Robin,

ok, you are talking about the field of the user profile. (Added through user profile plugin).
I can set this on my todo list.
But I don't know, when I will be able to implement it.

Regards,
Aicha

Hi Aicha,

Understood about adding to your todo list, thanks. In the meantime I found the following on the internet and wonder if I could insert this code somewhere to achieve the same effect as the Name/email. I'm afraid I wouldn't have a clue where such code would have to go within VisForms, but am happy to try something out if you would kindly supply detailed instructions as to exactly which file and where it should be located.

The extract came from:
joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/899/h...-profile-information

To access the User Profile Data:

jimport( 'joomla.user.helper' );
$user = JFactory::getUser();
$userId = $user->id;
$userProfile = JUserHelper::getProfile( $userId );

echo "Main Address :" . $userProfile->profile;

Would there be some way to pre-fill the address box with address1, address2 etc using the above method?

Many thanks
Robin

Hi Robin,

this is the code to get the profile information from the database. This in only one step in the right direction.
You have to change at least the following two Visforms core files
adminstrator/components/com_visforms/models/forms/visfield.xml
components/com_visforms/lib/field/text.php

In the xml file you have to add an Option for each profile information you want to use in the xml node "field" with the name attribute "f_text_fillwith".
Like
In the php file you have to adapt the function setFieldDefaultValue()
Basically you have to add a new if statement in the following part of the code for each option which you have added to the xml file.
Like I think this should do the trick, but this is absolutely untested and without any guarantee.

Regards,
Aicha