fetch user profile field from database

[chikuru]

i want to create a plugin to fetch a user profile field from database..

what would be the code?

thanks

[kh99]

If you want the value from the current user (the one viewing the page), then you don't have to do anything - the value will be $vbulletin->userinfo['fieldX'].

If you want the value for another user, then you can call fetch_userinfo(), like:

$userinfo = fetch_userinfo($userid);

and the value will be $userinfo['fieldX']. At some hooks (like ones associated with display a user's profile), the value might already be in $userinfo[].

[chikuru]

what im trying to do is to insert a custom profile field of the thread starter on the navbar template.. any idea?

[kh99]

I think you can use

$userinfo = fetch_userinfo($threadinfo['postuserid']);

then the value should be in $userinfo['fieldX'];