Setting "authuser" as php variable

[sirbrent]

Hello,

I am trying to use the currently logged in user as a constant in my php script.

Using the API <cpanel print="$authuser"> accomplishes the result I am looking for but does not work within PHP.

What 'voodoo' do I need to use the cPanel API properly in this case?

<?php

define("loggeduser","AUTHUSER NEEDS TO BE HERE");

?>

I have checked out the XMPAPI but it seems like more than I need at the moment, and also doesnt seem to be able to fetch the currently logged in user (perhaps I am wrong).

Thank you!

[bvierra]

name the page cpphp instead of php. This runs the php file through the cPanel wrapper which replaces the code with the variable you want

[cPanelDavidG]

If you desire to call cPanel functions from your PHP script, you may want to consider LivePHP.

It was discussed at the 2008 cPanel Conference's API presentation available at:

http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/pub/All...des08/APIs.pdf

Formal documentation for LivePHP is still a work in progress, so let me know if you need any help with that.

[sirbrent]

Hi David,

Thank you for your response.
I read that API presentation a few days ago, and am very excited that it will finally allow me the kind of flexibility and functionality that I have been wanting and expecting when writing cPanel content with PHP.

However, I am experiencing a few hurdles with livephp - I actually posted about one of them yesterday in this forum:

http://forums.cpanel.net/f42/using-c...hp-127713.html

Any feedback would be appreciated.

[cPanelDavidG]

Hi David,

Thank you for your response.
I read that API presentation a few days ago, and am very excited that it will finally allow me the kind of flexibility and functionality that I have been wanting and expecting when writing cPanel content with PHP.

However, I am experiencing a few hurdles with livephp - I actually posted about one of them yesterday in this forum:

http://forums.cpanel.net/f42/using-c...hp-127713.html

Any feedback would be appreciated.

I've discussed that post at length with a member of our Quality Assurance team. We are working on attempting to find a solution to these issues.

[sirbrent]

David,

Thank you. I eagerly await information concerning the solutions to these issues.

Many Thanks.

[cPanelDavidG]

For others following this thread, here's the Bugzilla entry that was filed for this issue: Bug 9565 - Improved PHP capable API needed