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{{howto|Advanced|[[Meinaart van Straalen]] <meinaart@zicht.nl>}}

This HowTo describes how you can use getUser() outside a node or a module. I used this, for example, to display some information about the user on the welcome.php page.

<pre>
$config_atkroot = "./";
include_once("atk.inc");
include_once("atk/skel/include.php");

// Now you can use getUser()
$user = getUser();

// If you want to do the same thing as me you will need an instance of the atkDb
$db = &atkGetDb();
</pre>

Very short HowTo but very handy if you needed this. Took me some time to figure it out. I hope it helps.