Hey, I was just wondering if anyone knew how to echo the name of a logged in user in any page on the server.
Like say I had my IPFM or IPB in domain.com/invision and I wanted to display the name off the logged in person at domain.com/index.php
is that possible? with cookies or somthing?
Full Version: Echoing Username
Yes, you'd need to write a script to read the user's cookie, grab the member_id, then connect to the IPB database and get the user's display name from that row.
Well, yeah with cookies most certainly. You could also pass it as a variable in the URL.
I use this:
// you need to set $cookie_pfx to the cookie prefix
$uid = $_COOKIE[$cookie_pfx . "member_id"];
// Get the username from the id - set $prefix as the prefix without the _
$jsql = "SELECT " . $prefix . "_members.mgroup, " . $prefix . "_members.name, " . $prefix . "_members.member_login_key, ". $prefix . "_members_converge.converge_pass_hash, " . $prefix . "_members_converge.converge_pass_salt
FROM " . $prefix . "_members
LEFT OUTER JOIN " . $prefix . "_members_converge ON " . $prefix . "_members.id = " . $prefix . "_members_converge.converge_id
WHERE id = '$uid'";
$result = mysql_query($jsql) or die ($jsq);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
// (I used it for more than username - thus why its a big query)
$username = $row['name'];
echo ($username);
CODE
// you need to set $cookie_pfx to the cookie prefix
$uid = $_COOKIE[$cookie_pfx . "member_id"];
// Get the username from the id - set $prefix as the prefix without the _
$jsql = "SELECT " . $prefix . "_members.mgroup, " . $prefix . "_members.name, " . $prefix . "_members.member_login_key, ". $prefix . "_members_converge.converge_pass_hash, " . $prefix . "_members_converge.converge_pass_salt
FROM " . $prefix . "_members
LEFT OUTER JOIN " . $prefix . "_members_converge ON " . $prefix . "_members.id = " . $prefix . "_members_converge.converge_id
WHERE id = '$uid'";
$result = mysql_query($jsql) or die ($jsq);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
// (I used it for more than username - thus why its a big query)
$username = $row['name'];
echo ($username);
That sounds right, does anyone know how to do it for Invision File Manager?
Michael,
Your's is an awful lot of work. Mine works perfectly and only consists of this:
Your's is an awful lot of work. Mine works perfectly and only consists of this:
CODE
$pre = ""; //cookie prefix if one exists
$mid = intval($_COOKIE[$pre.'member_id']);
if ($mid > 0)
{
$row = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query('SELECT members_display_name FROM ibf_members WHERE id='.$mid));
}
print ($mid > 0 && $row[0]) ? "".$row[0] : "Unable to retrieve username. You're either not logged in or not registered";
$mid = intval($_COOKIE[$pre.'member_id']);
if ($mid > 0)
{
$row = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query('SELECT members_display_name FROM ibf_members WHERE id='.$mid));
}
print ($mid > 0 && $row[0]) ? "".$row[0] : "Unable to retrieve username. You're either not logged in or not registered";
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