/**
* TuiyoUser::getUserFromRequest()
* Gets User profile from request;
* @return
*/
public function getUserFromRequest($method = "request")
{
$mainframe = $GLOBALS['mainframe'];
$thisuser = $GLOBALS['API']->get('user');
$thatuser = null;
//2. Identify the profile ID;
$userID = JRequest::getVar('pid', null);
$username = JRequest::getVar('user', null);
if (!empty($userID)) {
$profileID = (int) $userID;
$thatuser = $GLOBALS['API']->get('user', empty($profileID) ? null : (int) $profileID);
} elseif (empty($userID) && !empty($username)) {
$username = strval($username);
$thatuser = TuiyoLoader::getUserByUserName($username);
if (!is_object($thatuser)) {
$thatuser = $thisuser;
}
} else {
$thatuser = $thisuser;
}
return (object) $thatuser;
}
