Final fix for nil pointer

controllers/helpers.go

@@ -48,5 +48,8 @@ func newSearchForm(c *gin.Context) searchForm {
 }
 func getUser(c *gin.Context) *models.User {
 	user, _, _ := cookies.CurrentUser(c)
+	if user == nil {
+		return &models.User{}
+	}
 	return user
 }

utils/cookies/user.go

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type CurrentUserRetriever struct{}
 // RetrieveCurrentUser retrieve current user for languages
 func (*CurrentUserRetriever) RetrieveCurrentUser(c *gin.Context) (*models.User, error) {
 	user, _, err := CurrentUser(c)
+	if user == nil {
+		return &models.User{}, err
+	}
 	return user, err
 }
 

utils/publicSettings/publicSettings.go

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func GetDefaultTfunc() (i18n.TranslateFunc, error) {
 func GetTfuncAndLanguageFromRequest(c *gin.Context) (T i18n.TranslateFunc, Tlang *language.Language) {
 	userLanguage := ""
 	user, _ := getCurrentUser(c)
-	if user != nil {
+	if user.ID > 0 {
 		userLanguage = user.Language
 	}
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func GetTfuncFromRequest(c *gin.Context) TemplateTfunc {
 // GetThemeFromRequest: Gets the user selected theme from the request
 func GetThemeFromRequest(c *gin.Context) string {
 	user, _ := getCurrentUser(c)
-	if user != nil {
+	if user.ID > 0 {
 		return user.Theme
 	}
 	cookie, err := c.Cookie("theme")
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func GetThemeFromRequest(c *gin.Context) string {
 // GetThemeFromRequest: Gets the user selected theme from the request
 func GetMascotFromRequest(c *gin.Context) string {
 	user, _ := getCurrentUser(c)
-	if user != nil {
+	if user.ID > 0 {
 		return user.Mascot
 	}
 	cookie, err := c.Cookie("mascot")
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func GetMascotFromRequest(c *gin.Context) string {
 // Returns an empty string if not set.
 func GetMascotUrlFromRequest(c *gin.Context) string {
 	user, _ := getCurrentUser(c)
-	if user != nil {
+	if user.ID > 0 {
 		return user.MascotURL
 	}