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Hi,
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Currently my joomla login using LDAP authentication.
Means, it will load external user active directory as a login session.
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I have done some try and error and the results:
a) I successfully load user details if user login using joomla user by using {user:name} shortcode.
b) I have successfully can load the data using data read function (to read other database)
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My question is:
HOW CAN I LOAD this user details (from external active directory) into my field based on user login session.
Means, different user, field will load different data.
Any shortcode to read the data.?
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thank you.

So you have a logged in Joomla user already?
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{user:field}. So id, email, name, etc
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Or do you want to log a user in based on the data you read?

hi healyhatman,
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yes, i want to load the users details from external database

the flow will looks like below
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1. user login using external active directory
2. when login, the details of the logged user will load automatically (this details also load from external database)