plugins:user_events

In a standard installation of Joomla! 1.5 we have several predefined events which, when triggered, call functions in the associated plugins. For more information on plugins, look here.

The user events are divided into two parts. First we have the events used while authentication of a user takes place:

• onLoginUser
• onLogoutUser
• onAuthenticate
• onAuthenticateFailure

Second we have the events triggered during user management:

• onBeforeStoreUser
• onAfterStoreUser
• onBeforeDeleteUser
• onAfterDeleteUser

This event is triggered after the user is authenticated against the Joomla! user-base. If one plugin returns false, the entire authentication process fails.

Two parameters: credentials, and remember.
Credentials is an array with this structure:
[’username’]
[’password’]
Remember is a boolean, set to true if the login needs to be remembered by the application.

Boolean

• libraries/joomla/application/application.php
• plugins/user/joomla.php

• plugins/user/example.php

This event is triggered before the user is logged out of the system. If one plugin returns false, the global logout fails.

Array of credentials. Structure:
[’username’]
[’id’]

Boolean

• libraries/joomla/application/application.php
• plugins/user/joomla.php

• plugins/user/example.php

This event is triggered to verify that a set of login credentials is valid.

Array of credentials. Structure:
[’username’]
[’password’]
Alternative authentication mechanisms can supply additional credentials.

An array of JAuthenticateResponse objects detailing the results of each called plugin, including success or failure.

• libraries/joomla/application/user/authentication.php
• plugins/authentication/gmail.php
• plugins/authentication/joomla.php
• plugins/authentication/ldap.php

• plugins/authentication/example.php

This event is triggered whenever a user authentication request is failed by any plugin.

Two parameters. The credentials array for the user (see onAuthenticate), and the JAuthenticateResponse that caused the failure.

Unknown. The return value appears to be ignored in any case.

• libraries/joomla/application/user/authentication.php

This event is triggered before a new user is stored in the database.

Two parameters:

• An associative array of the columns in the user table.
• A unique identifier for this user.

None

• libraries/joomla/user/user.php

• plugins/user/example.php

This event is triggered after a new user has been stored in the database.

Two parameters:

• An associative array of the columns in the user table.
• A unique identifier for this user.

None

• libraries/joomla/user/user.php

• plugins/user/example.php

The event is triggered when a user is about to be deleted from the system.

An associative array containing user information. Structure:
[’id’]

None.

• libraries/joomla/user/user.php
• plugins/user/joomla.php

• plugins/user/example.php

The event is triggered after a user has been deleted from the system.

Three parameters: user information, delete result, and error result. User information is an associative array. Structure:
[’id’]
Delete result is boolean true if the delete succeeded or an error message on failure.
Error result is a JError object detailing the error, if any.

None.

• libraries/joomla/user/user.php
• plugins/user/joomla.php

• plugins/user/example.php