Issue with CurrentUserID() in User_LoggedIn event

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Hello,

I have a project built with PHPMaker 2024 which works perfectly. To keep the codebase aligned with future updates, I’m migrating it to PHPMaker 2025.

However, I noticed a change in behavior. In version 2024, inside the User_LoggedIn(string $userName) event, I could assign the value of CurrentUserID() to a session variable without any issue.

Example:

function User_LoggedIn(string $userName): void
{
$_SESSION["help"] = $userName;
$_SESSION["help2"] = CurrentUserID();
}

Then, in the default page after login, I use this:

public function pageDataRendering(string &$header): void
{
$header = "help = " . $_SESSION["help"] . "<br>";
$header .= "help2 = " . $_SESSION["help2"] . "<br>";
$header .= "help3 = " . CurrentUserID();
}

The result is:
help = danilo.macri
help2 = [empty]
help3 = 214898

So:

  • The session variable help correctly receives the username.
  • The session variable help2 is empty — even though it should be set to CurrentUserID().
  • The call to CurrentUserID() in the page works fine.

In PHPMaker 2024, this code worked as expected. In PHPMaker 2025, CurrentUserID() seems not to return a valid value at that stage in the login process.

Is this an intentional change in behavior for the User_LoggedIn event? Or is there a new way to get the user ID immediately after login?

N.B. The issue is not related to the use of $_SESSION[] instead of Symfony’s session management. The problem persists regardless of whether native PHP sessions or Symfony sessions are used.

Thank you for your help.

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You may try CurrentUserInfo("MyUserIdField").