vB user name in header template??

[bobjones]

does anyone know a variable that contains the actual username of the logged in user that I can put in the header template? eval() wont read $vbulletin->userinfo['username']...

I tried stabbing in the dark at $show[user], $show[username], and [user, username] on $foruminfo, $threadinfo, $userinfo, and $vbotions to no avail

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hrm. I don't know how koesher this is, but I just hacked the record in the template table and changed
".(($show['guest']) ? ("
<a href=\"/forum_login.php\">Sign In</a> | <a href=\"/forum/register.php\">Register</a>
") : ("
Welcome Back!
"))."
to
".(($show['guest']) ? ("
<a href=\"/forum_login.php\">Sign In</a> | <a href=\"/forum/register.php\">Register</a>
") : ("
Welcome, <b>".$vbulletin->userinfo['username']."</b>!
<a href=\"/forum/login.php?do=logout&logouthash=".$vbulletin->userinfo['logouthash']."\">
<font size=\"1\">Log Out</font></a>
"))."

It's a little buggy on the logout, but basically works. Hope this is useful to someone...

if you are wondering about the wierd PHP syntax, it's called a ternary operator. Read: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php#language.operato rs.comparison.ternary

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You should never manually edit the tables in the database.

[bobjones]

You should never manually edit the tables in the database.
Just as a general proper coding standard, or are you saying this will directly break something?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

This has nothing to do with coding i guess, you said you manually edited the table.

And yes, unless you know very good what you are doing, chances are huge that it will either not work or break something.

With editing templates for example, they are stored in 2 different formats and also in other tables (datastore for example).

[Analogpoint]

Did you try $bbuserinfo[username] right in the template?

[bobjones]

$bbuserinfo!!! awesome. It gave me [username], [userid], and [logouthash], which is exactly what i needed.

Thank you very much.

Also, Mr. Herwaarden, thank you for your insight. The hack, however, did work fine (or at least as buggy as $bbuserinfo), but I agree that it is a bad practice, and it does make the built-in style manager useless, as saving any changes overwrites the manually changed record...

Any insight on checking $bbuserinfo or $show[guest] accurately on the logout page? As of now, when I click logout, it logs me out, but still shows $show[guest] = '' in the header until i go to another page...