Darren, thanks for the link. What is the difference between using global or static to save the data?
2013/1/21 Lluís Forns <enb...@gmail.com> > My code was from a module where impersonation recursively could happen, > this is why I use a stack to save user state. I am also saving it to > session and not using a static variable because I may uses batch functions. > > But I see some problems right now: > - To be safe impersonation should be saved into static variables (and > "using session_save_session(FALSE);" ), so if anything goes wrong, $user is > not afected. > - If I want to be able to execute every Rules action in a batch, I need to > change user "per action" > > Any idea of how to "inject" code before and after a rule action? > > > 2013/1/21 Walt Daniels <wdli...@gmail.com> > >> We do the latter simple trick in our store code so we can show people the >> member prices. We have a dummy id that is a member so we switch to it, pick >> up the price and use it so we can show both member and non-member prices on >> the screen. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Christian López Espínola < >> penyask...@computer.org> wrote: >> >>> Haven't tested your code, but maybe you want to take a look at >>> masquerade_switch_user >>> and masquerade_switch_back: >>> http://drupalcode.org/project/masquerade.git/blob/HEAD:/masquerade.module >>> . >>> >>> And if the impersonation is only for the given request, maybe just >>> >>> global $user; >>> $previous = $user; >>> $user = user_load($uid); >>> // Do your stuff. >>> $user = $previous; >>> >>> would work. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Lluís Forns <enb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Some of my scheduled task needs to run as the user who triggered them >>>> (not anonymous neither admin); so I thought of writing two actions: >>>> - One to impersonate a user, which will receive uid as an argument. >>>> - Another to undo the impersonate. >>>> All the called actions should be between them. >>>> >>>> Anybody see any fault in this idea or the actions code? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> function wu_action_impersonate($uid) { >>>> global $user; >>>> if (!array_key_exists('wu_action_impersonate', $_SESSION)) { >>>> $_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate'] = array(); >>>> } >>>> array_push($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate'], $user); >>>> session_save_session(FALSE); >>>> $user = user_load($uid); >>>> user_load($uid); >>>> } >>>> >>>> function wu_action_unimpersonate() { >>>> global $user; >>>> if (array_key_exists('wu_action_impersonate', $_SESSION)) { >>>> if (!empty($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate'])) { >>>> $user = array_pop($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate']); >>>> } >>>> if (empty($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate'])) { >>>> unset($_SESSION['wu_action_impersonate']); >>>> } >>>> } >>>> session_save_session(TRUE); >>>> } >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Ser freak no és imprescindible per ser informàtic, però ajuda. >>>> *La vida no ha de ser feliç, ha de ser plena. >>>> *Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge, pensa en el medi ambient. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Christian López Espínola <penyaskito AT computer DOT org> >>> http://twitter.com/penyaskito | http://penyaskito.com >>> >> >> > > > -- > *Ser freak no és imprescindible per ser informàtic, però ajuda. > *La vida no ha de ser feliç, ha de ser plena. > *Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge, pensa en el medi ambient. > -- *Ser freak no és imprescindible per ser informàtic, però ajuda. *La vida no ha de ser feliç, ha de ser plena. *Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge, pensa en el medi ambient.
