.. _BackendUser-get:

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BackendUser::get()
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\\nn\\t3::BackendUser()->get();
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Gets the current backend user.
Corresponds to ``$GLOBALS['BE_USER']`` in previous Typo3 versions.

.. code-block:: php

	\nn\t3::BackendUser()->get();

| ``@return \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\FrontendBackendUserAuthentication``

Source Code
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.. code-block:: php

   
   public function get()
   {
   	return $GLOBALS['BE_USER'] ?? $this->start();
   }