Tell if user logged in to edit/dashboard in Concrete5 from block

Question

I'm writing a block and want to be able to tell if the user is logged in to the dashboard when the block is being viewed. I'm imagining there should be something like isAdminArea() or isEditing() but haven't been able to find it on my own accord so far!

Nudity

Answer 1

If you're using Concrete5.6.0 or higher, you can do this:

global $cp;
$canViewToolbar = (isset($cp) && is_object($cp) && $cp->canViewToolbar());
if ($canViewToolbar) {
    //do something...
}

If you're doing this in a theme template or block view, you can leave out a lot of that junk and just do this:

global $cp;
if ($cp->canViewToolbar()) {
    //do something...
}

But if you're doing this in a package controller or during a system event, you'll want to use my first example (to make sure the global "Collection Permissions" object exists).

If you're running a version of Concrete5 that's older than 5.6, use this code:

global $cp;
$canViewToolbar = (isset($cp) && ($cp->canWrite() || $cp->canAddSubContent() || $cp->canAdminPage() || $cp->canApproveCollection()));
if ($canViewToolbar) {
    //do something...
}

Arvillaarvin

Answer 2

To improve on the above: whilst global is a valid construct in PHP, it's use really should be avoided. It's lazy and dangerous. The correct way to access the active permission model in the C5 architecture is

$cp = new Permissions(Page::getCurrentPage());

if ($cp->canViewToolbar()) {
  ...
}

Hitandrun

Answer 3

If you're simply interested in the edit mode, this will work:

 <?php 
 if ($c->isEditMode()) { ?>
    //do something
 <?php } ?>

Doghouse

This only tells you if the user is currently editing the page, not whether they're logged in or not. – Arvillaarvin

Answer 4

This should be it

$u = new User();
if($u->IsLoggedIn()){
  //logged in
}

if it doesnt work, at the top you might need

global $u

Mainz