Accessing session data outside Joomla

Question

I am trying to run an application outside Joomla (not as a plugin) and I would like to access the logged in user\'s information (userid). I am wondering how should I go abou

Answer 1

To get Joomla user id use:

$user =& JFactory::getUser();
$user_id = $user->get('id');

and to get user session id use:

$session = & JFactory::getSession();
$session_id = $session->getId();