Show usergroup name in emails?
 

In one of the email templates (in languages), the following variables are available:

$bbuserinfo[username]
$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t=$threadinfo[threadid]
$threadinfo[prefix_plain]$threadinfo[title]
$post[message]

I want to show not just the username, but the usergroup, too. This way, for example, a person receiving the email will know right away if the posted reply was from a moderator, admin, or a specific member group -- without having to go to the forum first.

But what's the variable to add this?

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I don't think there is an existing variable. You could write a plugin using hook location newpost_notification_start that sets a variable, then insert it in the phrase. I took a look at that code (in function exec_send_notification() in includes/functions_newpost.php), but it doesn't look like the group of the replying user is available, or even the userid in some cases, so you might have to do a query to look up the information by username.

I can use $bbuserinfo[usergroupid], and it'll echo the number in the emails.
But I can't seem to find a way to make it echo the name of the group. I tried to write a plugin, but it did nothing.

This is where I started...
... but it's just not working well, regardless of what I try.

Any ideas on what plugin syntax would need to be?

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Hmm...OK, fair enough. I guess I just didn't understand what was going on in that function, because it didn't look like all the info in $bbuserinfo was always the user who replied. Anyway, try this:


Then put $usergroupname in the phrase somewhere.

Yep, that's almost identical to what I had tried earlier. Doesn't work. :(

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Oh, right...try this instead:

For Usergroup Title, Use this variable