By nmss on

I've created a new block that will be used to display the user's username once they've logged in, "My account" and "Log out".
I'm doing this as I want to keep the "Navigation" block and this new block separate.

But username and "My account" are user specific so how can I echo these with php? I have no php knowledge.

Thanks :)

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nmss’s picture

nmss commented

I've worked out how to move Log out and My account with 'Menus', but how can I echo the username in my newly created "Control Panel" block? And can I do it in the title?

WorldFallz’s picture

WorldFallz commented

Try:

<?php
global $user;
print $user->name;
?>

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nadavoid’s picture

nadavoid commented

enter print $GLOBALS['user']->name; to display the username of the currently logged in user.

to find out other user data besides the name, enter this, but not on a live public site:
print_r($GLOBALS['user']);

There are a bunch of PHP block snippets over here -> http://drupal.org/node/21867

enoctis’s picture

enoctis commented

I would like for the "My Account" & "Logout" links to be preceded by the username of the current user, but haven't a clue where to accomplish this. I know HOW to do it, I just don't know WHERE to do it. Any help?

Also, I would like to align the "Create new account" & "Request new password" links with the username & password fields respectively. Again, I know HOW to do it, just don't know WHERE. I'm using the Bartik theme, if that matters. Thanks, in advance, for any help.

Regards,
Sean Reeves