Username

[sheldonlg]

I would like to know where to find the variable name or the define statement for a given username after the user logs in. I need to know this because I want to enter information in a second database and I want to use that username as a key in a number of tables. I also need to know it for other things in the site that require the user to be logged in.

In the admin panel there is Tools/Developer Tool Kit, but that will let me find out the value of a particular define. I don't know what that is for the username. Also, is there anywhere to find out what the the values are for ALL the defines?

Zen Cart seems to do just about everything with define statements. is there a way of seeing what all the global/session variables are?

Traversing the file structure has been a nightmare.

[birdoasis]

Oh, nevermind. I shouldn't be answering questions this early in the morning. More coffee please.

[sheldonlg]

If you have an answer, it would be greatly appreciated -- coffee or not.

[birdoasis]

No no, Ii don't have the answer. I wasn't trying to tease you or anything. I started to send you the the admin but then read further and realized that the answer was a abit more technical than I could provide.

coffee or not.

[sheldonlg]

Though I still want the answer to my question, I think I can do the job with $_SESSION['customer_id']; The way I see it, if this is set then the user is logged in. I can add a field to my tables called zc_customer_id and set that field with the value of $_SESSION['customer_id']. I don't really need the name or email in other parts of the site, just an identifier for a hook to a bunch of other tables. The customer_id is unique in zen cart, and that is what I really should be using anyway.

My general question though, about finding all the globals, still stands.

[birdoasis]

I searched the wiki with globals and pulled this up.

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...search=globals

Can't you simply search the code with notepad++ and find all the globals that way?

[DrByte]

There is a superglobals contribution in the downloads area that you can use if you want to get a quick view of inner vars details.

[sheldonlg]

I searched the wiki with globals and pulled this up.

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...search=globals

Can't you simply search the code with notepad++ and find all the globals that way?

What does one look for? If you look for "username", then you find a massive list under the tree from the root of the Zen Cart Installation. It would be very nice if one could simply see a list of all the globals and all the defines.: