display a username in header

[kenny22]

hi
how do i retrieve the username and post count and show it in the header

kenny

[effone]

Use this variable for username:
{$mybb->user['username']}

For post counts of the user:
{$mybb->user['postnum']}

[kenny22]

sorry should have said a specific user

[Omar G.]

Which user? How do you plan to choose such user?

[kenny22]

i know the user i want to display and it will not change i also want to show the users last visit and post count

example

bob 17/10/2012 39 posts

[effone]

Something like this?

<?php
define("IN_MYBB", 1);
require ('global.php'); // be sure that u r running this php-code in the same
// directory of global.php, or else change the path.
$user = get_user(SPECIFIC_UID);
$name = $user['username'];
// grab other info in same pattern
?>
<?echo $name?>

[Omar G.]

You probably can use something like Template Conditionals. header template:

<setvar user>get_user('USERID')</setvar>
<if $tplvars['user']['uid'] then>
Username: <func htmlspecialchars_uni>$tplvars['user']['username']</func>
Post Count: <?=my_number_format($tplvars['user'][''postnum''])?>
</if>

But, if the desired information is not supposed to be frequently changed, then probably using some kind of cache method, or even static information could be better when it comes to performance.

[Aniruddh]

I guess you will have to get the data from the database...
You probably will need a plugin, since, AFAIK, we can't use PHP in templates
It will be a simple plugin though, just to grab the data from the database and display it in the header.