How to check in sidebar (forum blocks) if user is logged in?

[wman]

How can I check in the forum blocks that are displayed in the new sidebar whether a user is logged in, and display different content accordingly?

I tried the old...

// IF THE USER IS LOGGED IN
if ($bbuserinfo[userid])
{
    // CODE TO EXECUTE IF THE USER IS LOGGED IN
}
else
{
    // CODE FOR GUESTS
}

but that doesn't seem to work! Please help!

[Lynne]

in php, you use $vbulletin->userinfo, not $bbuserinfo. And, in the blocks it *may* be vB::$vbulletin->userinfo.

[wman]

Thanks - the following worked:

if (vB::$vbulletin->userinfo[userid])
{
	echo "logged in";
}
else
{
	echo "not logged in";
}

But the text is displayed at the top of the page, before any other output, instead of in the sidebar. I assume the "echo" is the culprit; do I have to add the text to some output variable instead?

[Lynne]

echo is the culprit. Look at the template the output is going to and the name of the variable you should be using is in there (I can't remember it - it might be $output, but may be something else).

To find the template to modify, do this - vboptions > General Settings > Add Template Name in HTML Comments > set to Yes . Then go back to your page and view the source code and you will see the name of the template called around your part of the code.

[wman]

The template is block_html and in that template I found the following variable: {vb:raw content}

I was not sure how to modify that variable though. Then I found this, and it seems to work:

if (vB::$vbulletin->userinfo[userid])
{
	$my_output = "you are logged in";
	return $my_output;
}
else
{
	$my_output = "you are not logged in";
	return $my_output;
}