Adding information to the display of user names (pulling from DB)
 

I'm trying to avoid using the custom fields provided by VB because ultimately this will be used in a custom plugin for my site.

Basically, I'd like to know the best way to pull data from a table (say, vb_user) and add it to the display of the user name in places like postbit and postbit_legacy.

Ostensibly I could just use PHP to pull it brute force, but I figure there's a nicer way to do it in VB.


Thanks in advance :)

You'll need to use the query_hooks like fetch_postinfo_query and showthread_query. Just look in the php page your are wanting to show info in and find the query and the query_hook should be right above it. Add your query fields and any tables to join to that plugin.

I don't suppose the API is documented anywhere? It'd be a lot easier to start learning to develop for vB if you didn't have to dig for information on what functions and objects do what and where, heh.

API is listed right under Quick Links - vBulletin API

*SMACK SELF* Wow, very sorry for that. I actually did a whole bunch of searching here and on Google ... but never looked at the quick links. Thanks Lynne, again :)