Get info about current user in Opencart

There is difference between customer and user. To get current user ID (admin, manager etc) do the following:

$this->session->data['user_id'];

I just found it out:

$this->customer->getFirstName();
$this->customer->getLastName();
$this->customer->getEmail();
$this->customer->getTelephone();
$this->customer->getFax();

and so on.

The source code (including the other methods available) is located in the system/library/customer.php file.

You can use the methods just anywhere.

Hope this helps.