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function _masquerade_user_load in Masquerade 6

Same name and namespace in other branches

7 masquerade.module \_masquerade_user_load()

Wrapper around user_load() to allow the loading of anonymous users.

Parameters

$username: The username of the user you wish to load (i.e. $user->name). To load the anonymous user, pass the value of the 'anonymous' variable.

Return value

A fully-loaded $user object upon successful user load or FALSE if user cannot be loaded.

4 calls to _masquerade_user_load()

masquerade_admin_settings in ./masquerade.module
masquerade_admin_settings_validate in ./masquerade.module
masquerade_menu in ./masquerade.module: Implementation of hook_menu().
masquerade_menu_alter in ./masquerade.module: Implementation of hook_menu_alter().

File

./masquerade.module, line 299: masquerade.module

Code

function _masquerade_user_load($username) {
  if (!empty($username)) {
    $user = '';
    $anon = variable_get('anonymous', t('Anonymous'));
    if ($username == $anon) {
      $user = user_load(array(
        'name' => '',
      ));
      $user->name = $anon;
    }
    else {
      $user = user_load(array(
        'name' => $username,
      ));
    }
    return $user;
  }
  return FALSE;
}