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hi there,

i'm developing component want accessed registered user's. have tried bit of code telling me wether user logged in:

code: select all

$user =& jfactory::getuser();

if ($user->guest)
{
   echo "<p>you not logged in.</p>";
}
else
{
   echo "<p>you logged in.</p>";
}

but wanted know best practice be? should called in controller? ideally user prompted login if aren't , redirected component, can done?

thanks in advance.

then need edit file redirect them component log people in. far know can et parameter in login module.