What extra code do I need to add?

[chris1979]

I have some custom fields set up for my site. For example, field6 is the member's real name.

If I type $post[field6] in the membersinfo template, their name appears.

With other templates I've tried this with, the name doesn't appear. It just leaves a blank space.

Is there some coding in membersinfo that I can copy into other templates? It's vital for my site that I can use the member's real name in different places.

What code do I need to add to the other files and/or templates?

Thanks,

Chris

[peterska2]

$userinfo[fieldx]

Used in memberinfo and some other places

$bbuserinfo[fieldx]

used if you want the logged in users info to show and not specific to where he is viewing

$post[fieldx]

used in postbit only

Hope this helps

[chris1979]

I have tried all three versions in my who's online template, and none of them work for me at the moment.

$post[fieldX] and $userinfo[fieldX] both show nothing and $bbuserinfo[fieldX] shows the data for the member viewing the page.

Any ideas?

[kobescoresagain]

I checked my postbit_legacy template where I have information from my custom field displayed at. I used $post[field5] for it. So that should work. I would recommend that you do a print_r on the $post array to see what is contained, it may be a possibility that you don't have that array avialable on that page currently.

[chris1979]

I want this to work on the who's online page. It already works on postbit.

Originally Posted by kobescoresagain

I would recommend that you do a print_r on the $post array to see what is contained, it may be a possibility that you don't have that array avialable on that page currently.

What does that mean? What's a print_r?

[chris1979]

anyone know?