How to set Yii::app()->user->name

Question

I tried

public function getName()
{
    return 'TEST';
}

in UserIdentity.php but it doesn't seem to change the value of Yii::app()->user->name

While this question is for Yii1, I wrote an answer for how to do it in Yii2 properly. Just in case anyone searching Google for this lands here, read this for Yii2: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38415388/yii2-how-to-get-the-current-username-or-name-from-yiiapp-user — Wade, Jul 16 '16 at 21:06

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '13 at 12:58

In the class UserIdentity that you defined you'll need to set a new state by using setState(name, value) method.

For example in the method authenticate if the user is good:

//if the user is good (good login and good password)
$this->_id=$record->id;
$this->setState('name', $record->name);
$this->errorCode=self::ERROR_NONE;

Then you will be able to call Yii::app()->user->name

How to set Yii::app()->user->name

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