$vbphrase question

[andewy3k]

Im not sure if this is the "proper" section to be posting, but I am trying to insert $vbphrase[avatar] to display the users avatar right on the front page..

I tried $vbphrase[avatar]

and

<img src=$vbphrase[avatar]>

nothing works..

thanks ahead of time..

[BigJohnny]

im pretty sure this is because you are trying to use a PHRASE to display an IMAGE.

and also because phrases dont store images.

[andewy3k]

alright so what do I use to bring over the avatar image for the user?

???
???

[BigJohnny]

i believe its $bbuserinfo[avatar]

im not too sure on that though.

[andewy3k]

it did not work, I used

<img src=$bbuserinfo[avatar]>

and just

$bbuserinfo[avatar]

but nothing

anyone else have any ideas?

thanks ahead of time

[harmor19]

Taken from the "postbit" template and slightly modified it.

<img src="$bbuserinfo[avatarurl]" $bbuserinfo[avwidth] $bbuserinfo[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" />

[andewy3k]

wow even that did not work

just gives a dreaded red X of doom.

[BigJohnny]

click on the rex and go to properties, find out where it is looking for the image or what it is looking for.

[Adrian Schneider]

Take a look at the function fetch_avatar_url() from includes/functions_user.php. It will depend on the board, too, because there are a few different ways avatars are stored. This function will take care of them all.

[andewy3k]

Originally Posted by BigJohnny

click on the rex and go to properties, find out where it is looking for the image or what it is looking for.

I checked the code its showing ..

<img src=""   alt="" border="0" />

which obviously means its not picking up the avatar..

Originally Posted by SirAdrian

Take a look at the function fetch_avatar_url() from includes/functions_user.php. It will depend on the board, too, because there are a few different ways avatars are stored. This function will take care of them all.

Here is the function fetch_avatar_url() function...

// ###################### Start getavatarurl #######################
function fetch_avatar_url($userid)
{
	global $vbulletin;

	if ($avatarinfo = $vbulletin->db->query_first_slave("
		SELECT user.avatarid, user.avatarrevision, avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.userid) AS hascustom, customavatar.dateline,
			customavatar.width, customavatar.height
		FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user
		LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "avatar AS avatar ON avatar.avatarid = user.avatarid
		LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "customavatar AS customavatar ON customavatar.userid = user.userid
		WHERE user.userid = $userid"))
	{
		if (!empty($avatarinfo['avatarpath']))
		{
			return array($avatarinfo['avatarpath']);
		}
		else if ($avatarinfo['hascustom'])
		{
			$avatarurl = array('hascustom' => 1);

			if ($vbulletin->options['usefileavatar'])
			{
				$avatarurl[] = $vbulletin->options['avatarurl'] . "/avatar{$userid}_{$avatarinfo['avatarrevision']}.gif";
			}
			else
			{
				$avatarurl[] = "image.php?u=$userid&dateline=$avatarinfo[dateline]";
			}

			if ($avatarinfo['width'] AND $avatarinfo['height'])
			{
				$avatarurl[] = " width=\"$avatarinfo[width]\" height=\"$avatarinfo[height]\" ";
			}
			return $avatarurl;
		}
		else
		{
			return '';
		}
	}
}

Hope this info helps, thanks ahead of time