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Grant

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I need to show the username and users e-mail in staticpages. How do I do this. The staticpage is 'member only'. I recon its something like this:

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return 'hello $user, your email is $email';

 


Thanks in advance.
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Dirk

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The name of the current user is available through the $_USER array:
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return "Hello, {$_USER['username']}!";
 
It's empty for anonymous users, though.

The email address is not stored in $_USER. You would have to get it from the database.

bye, Dirk
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Grant

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Thanks.

How would I get the e-mail though? I'm not really familiar with fetching MySQL information.. Eek!
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Dirk

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Quote by Grant: How would I get the e-mail though?

Something like
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$email = DB_getItem ($_TABLES['users'], 'email', "uid = {$_USER['uid']}");
 
would return the email address of the current user (again, that won't work for anonymous users).

bye, Dirk
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Grant

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Quote by Dirk:
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$email = DB_getItem ($_TABLES['users'], 'email', "uid = {$_USER['uid']}");

 

bye, Dirk


If i put that in, and enter.. lets say

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return 'your email is £email';

 


its doesnt do anything but print 'your email is $email' on the page... more help please Wink
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Think in terms of US Dollars "$" not "£"
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Dirk

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Assuming the Pound symbol was a typo: You have to enclose the string in double quotes, not single quotes.

bye, Dirk
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Grant

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Thanks. Your assumtion was correct, it was a typo Wink It works now! Silly mistake...
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