| i18n | java.lang.String | As an abbreviation for the word "internationalization", the `i18n` EL variable enables page authors to declaratively specify message keys that hook into Liferay's LanguageUtility. |
| liferay | com.liferay.faces.portal.bean.Liferay | Utility managed-bean that is designed to be kept in JSF request scope. Its purpose is to introduce some Liferay-specific variables into the JSF EL. |
| liferay.companyId | java.lang.Long | The Liferay companyId primary key value associated with the community/organization portal page that the current portlet is placed upon. |
| liferay.document | java.lang.String | The absolute URL for the Liferay Document Library Struts action path. |
| liferay.imageGalleryURL | java.lang.String | The absolute URL for the Liferay Image Gallery Struts action path. |
| liferay.imageURL | java.lang.String | The absolute URL for the Liferay Image Servlet. |
| liferay.groupUser | com.liferay.portal.model.User | The Liferay User that owns the Liferay community/organization portal page that the current portlet is placed upon. |
| liferay.layout | com.liferay.portal.model.Layout | The Liferay `Layout` associated with the community/organization portal page that the current portlet is placed upon. |
| liferay.permissionChecker | com.liferay.portal.security.permission.PermissionChecker | The Liferay `PermissionChecker` associated with the current request and Liferay `User`. |
| liferay.portalURL | java.lang.String | The absolute URL for the portal. |
| liferay.portlet | com.liferay.portal.model.Portlet | The containing Liferay `Portlet` associated with the `PortletRequest`. |
| liferay.portraitURL | java.lang.String | Designed to be called from the EL by passing a Liferay `User` or `userId` as an array index, returns the absolute URL to the user's portrait. |
| liferay.theme | com.liferay.portal.model.Theme | The Liferay `Theme` associated with the Liferay `Layout`. |
| liferay.themeDisplay | com.liferay.portal.theme.ThemeDisplay | The Liferay `ThemeDisplay` associated with the `PortletRequest`. |
| liferay.themeImageURL | java.lang.String | Designed to be called from the EL by passing a relative path to a theme image as an array index, returns the absolute URL to the theme image. |
| liferay.themeImagesURL | java.lang.String | The absolute URL for the image path associated with the current Liferay Theme. |
| liferay.user | com.liferay.portal.model.User | The Liferay `User` associated with the `PortletRequest`. |
| liferay.userHasPortletPermission | java.lang.Boolean | Designed to be called from the EL by passing an `action-key` as an array index, returns a `Boolean` indicating whether or not the Liferay `User` associated with the `PortletRequest` has permission to execute the specified `action-key` on the current portlet. |