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Check a user is admin in Joomla 2.5.x

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:58
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If you are modifying the edit form for Joomla 2.5.x or other form that requires a need to test if this is a Super Administrator just use the following. Handy if you need to block out certain functionality for different user groups but you still need full access to those options as an administrator.

Joomla 1.5.x world:

PHP Code:
  1. $user =& JFactory::getUser();
  2. if($user->usertype == "Super Administrator" || $user->usertype == "Administrator") {
  3.   echo 'You are an Administrator'; 
  4. } else {
  5.   echo 'You are just an ordinary user';
  6. }

Joomla 2.5.x world (this will only check for Super Admins):

PHP Code:
  1. $user = JFactory::getUser();
  2. $isAdmin = $user->get('isRoot');
  3.  
  4. if ($isAdmin) {
  5.   // code here
  6. }

We really shouldn't do it that way though, a check for authorization is better because we can't really determine if a user has that access anyway, so do this:

PHP Code:
  1. $user = JFactory::getUser();
  2. if($user->authorise('core.edit', 'com_contact')) {
  3.   echo "Yes, I can edit contacts!";
  4. } else {
  5.   echo "No, I can't edit contacts";<
  6. }
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