How to get user info from $user class

[Destructerator]

Hi guys, I'm fairly new to PHP/SQL, and I'm attempting to integrate my site with phpBB3. What I need right now is a way to get the logged-in user's information from this code here somehow:

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define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = 'forum/'; //relative path to phpBB3 forum directory
$phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

// Start session management
$user->session_begin();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup();

I need to get the typical member stuff like their new messages, their name, ID, etc so that I can put it in the pages of my site while they are logged in. Is $user an array of some sort I can just pull the data out with something like $user['username'], or is there something I'm missing?

[karlsemple]

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$user->data['username']

is the username

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$user->data['user_id']

is the user id and so on, in phpBB2 the user array was

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$userdata['']

in phpBB3 is has been replaced by

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 $user->data['']

also in future can you make sure that support topics are posted in the support forum which is where I will move this, thanks

[niks999]

So...

If i want to put the name of the user wich is logged in, in the overall_header.html, like :
Welcome (username) !

So what shud i do ?

Thnx in advance

[karlsemple]

So...

If i want to put the name of the user wich is logged in, in the overall_header.html, like :
Welcome (username) !

So what shud i do ?

Thnx in advance

You would,

Open language/en/common.php

Find:

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'WROTE'						=> 'wrote',

After Add:

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'WELCOME_USER'              => 'Welcome %s',

Open includes/functions.php

Find:

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'L_ONLINE_EXPLAIN'	=> $l_online_time,

After Add:

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'L_WELCOME_USER'    => sprintf($user->lang['WELCOME_USER'], $user->data['username']),

Open styles/template/overall_header.html

Place

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{L_WELCOME_USER}

in the file where you want it to say Welcome username.

[niks999]

It works....

But i want it to look exactly like a username appears everywhere i.e with the usergroup color & link to the profile....

Moreover, when we log out, it shows Anonymous, can it be changed to Guest ??

[karlsemple]

Replacing

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'L_WELCOME_USER'    => sprintf($user->lang['WELCOME_USER'], $user->data['username']),

with

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'L_WELCOME_USER'    => ($user->data['is_registered']) ? sprintf($user->lang['WELCOME_USER'], get_username_string('full', $user->data['user_id'], $user->data['username'], $user->data['user_colour'])) : 'Guest',