Hello,
How can i add $current_user (the user that is currently logged in and generated the templated) to a PDF Template builded on a custom module?
Hello,
I have similar issue at the moment. I know this is 4 year old post, but have You found any solution to this problem?
I managed to get it working, by adding some code to the modules/AOS_PDF_Templates/templateParser.php file. It isn’t pretty, but it does the job it is suppose to do.
- At the beggining of the function parse_template_bean I added “global $current_user” like below
(…)
public function parse_template_bean($string, $key, &$focus)
{
global $app_strings, $sugar_config, $current_user;
$repl_arr = array();
$isValidator = new SuiteValidator();
(…)
- At the end of this function, right before the return statement i added these lines of code:
(…)
// added lines from current user
// user_name
$string = str_replace("{{{ current_user::user_name }}}", $current_user->user_name, $string);
// first_name
$string = str_replace("{{{ current_user::first_name }}}", $current_user->first_name, $string);
// last_name
$string = str_replace("{{{ current_user::last_name }}}", $current_user->last_name, $string);
// job_title
$string = str_replace("{{{ current_user::job_title }}}", $current_user->job_title, $string);
// phone_number
$string = str_replace("{{{ current_user::phone_number }}}", $current_user->phone_mobile, $string);
$string = str_replace("{{{ current_user::email }}}", $current_user->email1, $string);
(…)
Now in PDF_Template by writing as an example {{{ current_user::user_name }}} I get currents user username and such. You can add more fields if you wish, I only needed these.
Im certain that @pgr plugin is better in every possible way, but this is all I needed.
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That’s a very nice solution, thanks for sharing. 
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Did anyone ever tried to apply the same solution to the E-Mail module? I changed the corresponding lines of code in the EmailTemplate.php file according to @averagecrmuser. But after sending an email I just get a blank line, where the information of the current user should appear.
Anyone has any ideas or even solved this issue?