class User

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Source Code

This class is derived from Record to implement the logical interface to a record in the User table (Users). Each entry in this table contains the description of a registered User of the site.

Fields

This record presents the following fields:

User	description	notes
'username'	username	synonyms 'userid', 'name'
'password'	password	only used by constructor and set
'shapassword'	secret hash of password
'email'	email address
'cellphone'	mobile telephone number
'auth'	authorizations
'id'	numeric internal id
'options'	bit mask of User options
'confirmid'	temporary code used during User authentication
'persistence'	unique code generated for session persistence
'language'	User's preferred language of communication using BCP 47 notation	'lang'

Constants

This class defines the following constants which control whether specific services are offered to this user:

constant	description	value
User::OPT_USEMAIL_ON	user accepts emails	1
User::OPT_NOHELP_ON	do not display popup help	2
User::OPT_RESERVED	reserved	4

Table of Contents

• new User($parms)
• $user->can($action)
• $user->get($fieldUser)
• $user->getId()
• $user->getName()
• $user->set($fieldname, $value)
• $user->setPassword($value)
• $user->chkPassword($value,$persist)
• $user->save($xml)

Next: new User($parms)