display field from database on welcome panel

[aymelek]

I have a custom field in my user data table that I want to be displayed on the welcome panel. There will be two users who will always be shown on the welcome panel and I want to have the amount in the field to be displayed next to their name.

I can get the field to display in a post ($post['money']) however I am unsure how to get it to be displayed in the welcome panel.

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I've been reading this article and found some great examples. I put the following code in my template, but have not been able to echo anything out. What could I be doing wrong?

<?php
$result = $db->query_read("SELECT money FROM user where userid = '285'"); 
$aurormoney = $db->fetch_field($result);
echo $aurormoney;
?>