Author Topic: Determine how hook was called? Determine Role? (Read 980 times)

ijames · March 17, 2010, 08:29:47 am

Hi,

I'm working on using a hook_civicrm_pre and _post and I'm wondering how I can tease out the way it was called.

If I'm correct, it could be a:

logged in user in one of many access permission combinations
non logged in visitor
SOAP/REST call (which would also be for cron hook right?)

Is there a way to determine which of these situations I'm in from within the hook itself?

Thanks a lot!

Donald Lobo · March 17, 2010, 09:42:41 am

you can check about the user / anon by using the drupal global $user

you can check the context by checking $_GET['q'] in drupal, gives you an idea of how / where the hook was invoked from

lobo

ijames · March 17, 2010, 11:56:41 pm

Thanks!

Ok, I can see the difference with the q parameter but I'm not seeing the $user...

But now, I'm also wondering how to use PRE to add information into a custom contribution field. I tried to do an add, but, that went recursive, big surprise...

Donald Lobo · March 18, 2010, 06:47:19 am

$user is a PHP global variable, u'll need to use:

global $user;
// use and test $user here

For an already exisiting custom contribution field, you can modify the value. the system prevents adding arbitrary custom fields

lobo

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