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Description

Method to load a user, user groups, and any other necessary data from the database so that it can be bound to the user object.

Syntax

load($userId=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$userId	null	$userId An optional user id.

Returns

boolean True on success, false on failure.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/table/user.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.table.user' );

Source Body

function load($userId = null)
{
        // Get the id to load.
        if ($userId !== null) {
                $this->id = $userId;
        } else {
                $userId = $this->id;
        }

        // Check for a valid id to load.
        if ($userId === null) {
                return false;
        }

        // Reset the table.
        $this->reset();

        // Load the user data.
        $this->_db->setQuery(
                'SELECT *' .
                ' FROM #__users' .
                ' WHERE id = '.(int) $userId
        );
        $data = (array) $this->_db->loadAssoc();

        // Check for an error message.
        if ($this->_db->getErrorNum()) {
                $this->setError($this->_db->getErrorMsg());
                return false;
        }

        if(!count($data))
        {
                return false;
        }
        // Bind the data to the table.
        $return = $this->bind($data);

        if ($return !== false)
        {
                // Load the user groups.
                $this->_db->setQuery(
                        'SELECT g.id, g.title' .
                        ' FROM #__usergroups AS g' .
                        ' JOIN #__user_usergroup_map AS m ON m.group_id = g.id' .
                        ' WHERE m.user_id = '.(int) $userId
                );
                $result = $this->_db->loadObjectList();
                $groups = array();

                // Check for an error message.
                if ($this->_db->getErrorNum()) {
                        $this->setError($this->_db->getErrorMsg());
                        return false;
                }

                // Create an array of groups.
                for ($i = 0, $n = count($result); $i < $n; $i++)
                {
                        $groups[$result[$i]->id] = $result[$i]->title;
                }

                // Add the groups to the user data.
                $this->groups = $groups;
        }

        return $return;
}