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PerBonomi's avatar
PerBonomi
Boss
7 years ago

Feels like a noob question, but..

Why does this fire for an anonymous user? <#if user?? && user.id?? && user.login != "">
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  • TariqHussain's avatar
    TariqHussain
    7 years ago

    PerBonomi - 

     

    1. user?? - it is checking for the object is available or not. For the anonymous user, an object is available. 

    2.  user.id?? - it is checking for the user.id key available or not. Even for the anonymous user, this key is available. 

    3. user.login != "" - It is checking if user.login is not blank, however, for anonymous user user.login is being returned as anonymous.

    Solution: 

    if you want to check for an anonymous user you can use below code. 

     

    <#if user.anonymous>
</#if>

OR
    
<#if !user.registered>
</#if>

OR

<#if user.id != -1>
</#if>
TariqHussain's avatar
TariqHussain
Boss

PerBonomi - 

 

1. user?? - it is checking for the object is available or not. For the anonymous user, an object is available. 

2.  user.id?? - it is checking for the user.id key available or not. Even for the anonymous user, this key is available. 

3. user.login != "" - It is checking if user.login is not blank, however, for anonymous user user.login is being returned as anonymous.

Solution: 

if you want to check for an anonymous user you can use below code. 

 

<#if user.anonymous>
</#if>

OR

<#if !user.registered>
</#if>

OR

<#if user.id != -1>
</#if>
PerBonomi's avatar
PerBonomi
Boss
7 years ago

OK, thanks. I just always assumed if there is technically no user there can't be a user.id, but it looks like it'll revert to -1 for the system to keep functioning.