usergroup name?

i try to call the usergroup name in showthread.php with this:

PHP Code:

$usergroups=$DB_site->query("SELECT usergroup.title FROM usergroup");
while ($usergroup=$DB_site->fetch_array($usergroups)) {
  $grouptitle=$usergroup['title'];
} 


it will not work. any ideas why?
i want to be able to call the usergroup name associated with the user, in postbit template.
thanks for taking the time to answer.

[Admin]

To get a user's usergroup's name, you need to use this:

$getgrouptitle = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT title FROM usergroup WHERE usergroupid=$userinfo[usergroupid]");
$grouptitle = $getgrouptitle['title'];

($userinfo is the info of that user)

[TECK]

Database error in vBulletin 2.2.4:

Invalid SQL: SELECT title FROM usergroup WHERE usergroupid=
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 1

mysql error number: 1064

Script: http://localhost/forum/forum/showthread.php?threadid=7
Referer: http://localhost/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2

i placed the bits (in showthread.php), above:

PHP Code:

if (!$getperms['cangetattachment']) {
    $viewattachedimages=0;
} 


i also tried to add it in functions.php, in Start buildpostbit function... same thing. any idea why is doing this?
btw, this is the answer neo gave me in msn:

ohh well.. you can query Chen about the error, I am sure he can pull roses out of his mouth along with the answer

[Neo]

Chen I get this error when i use the code you posted

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\forum\admin\functions.php on line 71

I put the code in the build postbit area. and I use 2.2.5

[Admin]

Because $DB_site isn't avaiable in that function, and you shouldn't do that because it will add a query for every post in showthread.php.

[TECK]

so how do i do it chen?
can i add a $DB_site to the global, in that function?

what do you recommend? in order to get the groupname in postbit?

[Admin]

Do a query in showthread.php that caches usergroup titles in an array (id => title) then use that in getpostbit().

[Zzed]

Ok, If I understand this correctly, you want to display the group name of the user along with is other info.

This is the original query in showthread.php:

PHP Code:

$posts=$DB_site->query("
SELECT
post.*,post.username AS postusername,post.ipaddress AS ip,user.*,userfield.*,".iif($forum[allowicons],'icon.title as icontitle,icon.iconpath,',\
'')."
attachment.attachmentid,attachment.filename,attachment.visible AS attachmentvisible,attachment.counter
".iif($avatarenabled,",avatar.avatarpath,NOT ISNULL(customavatar.avatardata) AS hascustomavatar,customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline","")."
FROM post
".iif($forum[allowicons],'LEFT JOIN icon ON icon.iconid=post.iconid','')."
LEFT JOIN user ON user.userid=post.userid
LEFT JOIN userfield ON userfield.userid=user.userid
".iif ($avatarenabled,"LEFT JOIN avatar ON avatar.avatarid=user.avatarid
                       LEFT JOIN customavatar ON customavatar.userid=user.userid","")."
LEFT JOIN attachment ON attachment.attachmentid=post.attachmentid
WHERE $postids
ORDER BY dateline $postorder
"); 


This is how you change this query to get thegroup title with it:

PHP Code:

$posts=$DB_site->query("
SELECT
post.*,post.username AS postusername,post.ipaddress AS ip,user.*,userfield.*, usergroup.title as grouptitle,".iif($forum[allowicons],'icon.titl\
e as icontitle,icon.iconpath,','')."
attachment.attachmentid,attachment.filename,attachment.visible AS attachmentvisible,attachment.counter
".iif($avatarenabled,",avatar.avatarpath,NOT ISNULL(customavatar.avatardata) AS hascustomavatar,customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline","")."
FROM post
".iif($forum[allowicons],'LEFT JOIN icon ON icon.iconid=post.iconid','')."
LEFT JOIN user ON user.userid=post.userid
LEFT JOIN userfield ON userfield.userid=user.userid
LEFT JOIN usergroup ON user.usergroupid=usergroup.usergroupid
".iif ($avatarenabled,"LEFT JOIN avatar ON avatar.avatarid=user.avatarid
                       LEFT JOIN customavatar ON customavatar.userid=user.userid","")."
LEFT JOIN attachment ON attachment.attachmentid=post.attachmentid
WHERE $postids
ORDER BY dateline $postorder
"); 


So in your template you can access the group title via $post[grouptitle].

I added the following text to the query: usergroup.title as grouptitle and LEFT JOIN usergroup ON user.usergroupid=usergroup.usergroupid

I tried it and I was able to show the group title along with the user info.

Hope this helps.

[TECK]

thanks alot...