getUsername() now returns the username, use getDisplayName() for the formatted user name

By dawehner on 26 September 2015

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Introduced in branch:

8.0.x

Introduced in version:

8.0.0-beta16

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Description:

User::getUsername() is deprecated, use User::getAccountName() or User::getDisplayName() instead.

Case: You want to fetch the data stored in the database:

$logger->log('%user logged in', ['%user' => $user->getAccountName()]);

Case: You want to show a username

$user->getDisplayName();

Impacts:

Module developers

Comments

Daniel Schaefer commented 23 February 2016 at 23:13

I've tried to use it one of my template files but it wouldn't work.

{{ 'Welcome, @username'|t({ '@username': User::getDisplayName() }) }}

neither does

{{ 'Welcome, @username'|t({ '@username': user.name }) }}

Any tips?