Some tips and tricks behind accessing information from the Joomla database:
- Accessing the current user object - an article on how to display user information. Using the following code, you can obtain registered user information:
$user = JFactory::getUser();
echo "Your name is {$user->name}, your email is {$user->email}, and your username is {$user->username};
echo "Your usertype is {$user->usertype}";
There is also a very good plugin, Bixie Userinfo Displayer, that can be easily used in any Joomla article, such as Guest for the users full name. - Selecting data using JDatabase - an article on how to access information from any Joomla table, using JFactory::getDbo();
