How do can I get a field from the current user in an entry point?

Hi André Policarpo

Please check that its having value in that user array..

check by below code . and custom field is set or not..

global $current_user;
echo "<pre>";
print_r($current_user);
echo "</pre>";

That should work - are you sure my_field_c is a field in the online instance (seeing as it is a custom field). Are you sure it's filled in for your user online?   

In entry points, if your custom field does not populate in the $current_user bean,  you should be able to use the BeanFactory to retrieve the full bean.

$user = BeanFactory::retrieveBean('Users', $current_user->id);

Should you need it in a controller I found the most efficient way is to add your custom field to the API that it is included in the app.user.

The Current User API only pulls certain fields into the user data array.

In the example below I populate support_group_c and business_unit_c which are custom fields on the users module.

in:  <mysugar>/custom/clients/base/api/CustomCurrentUserApi.php

<?php
require_once 'clients/base/api/CurrentUserApi.php';
class CustomCurrentUserApi extends CurrentUserApi
{
    /**
     * Override the core api with our own version of retrieveCurrentUser
     */
    public function registerApiRest()
    {
        return array(
            'retrieve' => array(
                'reqType' => 'GET',
                'path' => array('me',),
                'pathVars' => array(),
                'method' => 'retrieveCurrentUser',
                'shortHelp' => 'CustomWR: Returns current user info including custom info',
                'longHelp' => 'include/api/help/me_get_help.html',
                'ignoreMetaHash' => true,
                'ignoreSystemStatusError' => true,
            ),
        );
    }

    /**
     * Extends retrieveCurrentUser and add our custom data
     */
    public function retrieveCurrentUser($api, $args)
    {
        $user_data_array = parent::retrieveCurrentUser($api, $args);

        global $current_user;
        $user_data_array['current_user']['support_group_c'] = $current_user->support_group_c;
        $user_data_array['current_user']['business_unit_c'] = $current_user->business_unit_c;

        return $user_data_array;
    }
}
?>

I can now use those fields in the controller, for example to get the support group:

app.user.get('support_group_c');

HTH

FrancescaS

In entry points, if your custom field does not populate in the $current_user bean,  you should be able to use the BeanFactory to retrieve the full bean.

$user = BeanFactory::retrieveBean('Users', $current_user->id);

Should you need it in a controller I found the most efficient way is to add your custom field to the API that it is included in the app.user.

The Current User API only pulls certain fields into the user data array.

In the example below I populate support_group_c and business_unit_c which are custom fields on the users module.

in:  <mysugar>/custom/clients/base/api/CustomCurrentUserApi.php

<?php
require_once 'clients/base/api/CurrentUserApi.php';
class CustomCurrentUserApi extends CurrentUserApi
{
    /**
     * Override the core api with our own version of retrieveCurrentUser
     */
    public function registerApiRest()
    {
        return array(
            'retrieve' => array(
                'reqType' => 'GET',
                'path' => array('me',),
                'pathVars' => array(),
                'method' => 'retrieveCurrentUser',
                'shortHelp' => 'CustomWR: Returns current user info including custom info',
                'longHelp' => 'include/api/help/me_get_help.html',
                'ignoreMetaHash' => true,
                'ignoreSystemStatusError' => true,
            ),
        );
    }

    /**
     * Extends retrieveCurrentUser and add our custom data
     */
    public function retrieveCurrentUser($api, $args)
    {
        $user_data_array = parent::retrieveCurrentUser($api, $args);

        global $current_user;
        $user_data_array['current_user']['support_group_c'] = $current_user->support_group_c;
        $user_data_array['current_user']['business_unit_c'] = $current_user->business_unit_c;

        return $user_data_array;
    }
}
?>

I can now use those fields in the controller, for example to get the support group:

app.user.get('support_group_c');

HTH

FrancescaS

Thanks for all the answers!  I finnaly solved the problem.

Hi Francesca Shiekh,

This method did not worked for me SugarCRM 7.8 Ultimate Edition.

For earlier version like 7.7 and less, it has worked for me.

Did anything changed in SugarCRM 7.8 regarding this?

Hi Hiren,

I'm on 7.8 Pro and it is still working for me.

If you are retrieving the Users bean in a logic_hook you might want to try disabling row-level security and ignoring the cache:

$user = BeanFactory::retrieveBean('Users', $current_user->id,  array('disable_row_level_security' => true, 'use_cache' => false));

Hope this helps,
Francesca