how do I get id of a user who compiled a form?

[Chrx74]

Hello. I want to put a form on my ws. I don't want the user to insert his id info manually .. since if you are logged in there should be a way to get this information ... what do I need to write in my code to get the id of the user that compiled the form?
Thanks

[wes_517]

I did it this way in my component i'm working on

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$user =& JFactory::getUser();
      if($user->id) 
      { 
         $row->user_id = $user->id; 
      } 

All i care about at the immediate moment is their ID, and getting that into a collection I called $row, so I set the $user variable, check to make sure there is an Id in it, and if so I put that ID into the $row->id with the other information.

[Chrx74]

thanks... anyway what is Jfactory?