Username Variable

Store Builder Questions
1

Does anybody know what the username variable is when a customer is logged in?



I have some javascript code added in a hook in the footer of all pages, and I need to insert the logged-in customer’s “username” in it. I tried “$auth.user_id”, but that didn’t work.



Is it even possible to call that variable for the javascript code to use?



Thanks.

2

The email (or username) is not part of the 'auth' session information. You would have to add that as a hook in the php hook 'fill_auth'. You would then be able to reference it from the $auth template variable.

3

I just need their variable name, so I could insert it in my JavaScript code. It doesn't need to be from a specific session, does it? How does cs-cart call it when inserting it in one of their pages? Or do they only make it available when in the “My profile details” page, for example?



Thanks.

4

The $auth variable is a copy of what's in the session. The email address/username (depending on the site config) is not part of the authentication info since it's only used at login and not stored.



You can write a quick function in my_changes addon like:


function my_user_email() {
if( !empty($_SESSION['auth']['user_id']) )
return db_get_field("SELECT email FROM ?:users WHERE user_id=?i", $_SESSION['auth']['user_id']);
return '';'
}


And then in your template use:


{assign var="username" value=`""|my_user_email`}
{if $username} {** found email **}
{* do whatever you want with the $username *}
{/if}

5

[quote name='tbirnseth' timestamp='1390420775' post='175817']

The $auth variable is a copy of what's in the session. The email address/username (depending on the site config) is not part of the authentication info since it's only used at login and not stored.



You can write a quick function in my_changes addon like:


function my_user_email() {
if( !empty($_SESSION['auth']['user_id']) )
return db_get_field("SELECT email FROM ?:users WHERE user_id=?i", $_SESSION['auth']['user_id']);
return '';'
}


And then in your template use:


{assign var="username" value=`""|my_user_email`}
{if $username} {** found email **}
{* do whatever you want with the $username *}
{/if}


[/quote]



Great! Thanks so much for your help. I will try it tonight and let you know how it worked.




6

[quote name='tbirnseth' timestamp='1390420775' post='175817']

The $auth variable is a copy of what's in the session. The email address/username (depending on the site config) is not part of the authentication info since it's only used at login and not stored.



You can write a quick function in my_changes addon like:


function my_user_email() {
if( !empty($_SESSION['auth']['user_id']) )
return db_get_field("SELECT email FROM ?:users WHERE user_id=?i", $_SESSION['auth']['user_id']);
return '';'
}


And then in your template use:


{assign var="username" value=`""|my_user_email`}
{if $username} {** found email **}
{* do whatever you want with the $username *}
{/if}


[/quote]



Hi again. I've been looking around but I'm really not sure where to put the function in my_changes? Usually the hook I put in footer.overide.tpl file (for example), but never played with functions before.

7

Create a func.php in the addon/my_changes directory and put the PHP function in that file (use opening/closing PHP tags).

8

[quote name='tbirnseth' timestamp='1390458681' post='175839']

Create a func.php in the addon/my_changes directory and put the PHP function in that file (use opening/closing PHP tags).

[/quote]



I'm getting closer. When I use [color=#008800][size=2]""|my_user_email [/size][/color]l get a big error on the website. So I changed the single quotes to ' ← this type of quote instead and no error. But when I do the following code:
{assign var="username" value='""|my_user_email'}
{if $username}
{$username = $username}
{$username} {** this line for testing only **}
{else}
{$username = 'guest'}
{/if}




I displays “[color=#000000][font=monospace][size=1]""|my_user_email” [/size][/font][/color]in the source code, not the username. It doesn't seem to call the function (which I put in addons/my_changes/func.php)



By the way, do you do custom changes for cs-cart, or just the ones on your website?

9

They aren't single-quotes, they are back-quotes. Just delete them and see if it works. Would be helpful if you posted the error message you're getting from Smarty rather than my trying to guess.

10

[quote name='tbirnseth' timestamp='1390511881' post='175908']

They aren't single-quotes, they are back-quotes. Just delete them and see if it works. Would be helpful if you posted the error message you're getting from Smarty rather than my trying to guess.

[/quote]



Sorry, here is the error message:


[quote]Fatal error[color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]: Uncaught exception 'SmartyCompilerException' with message 'Syntax Error in template “/home/fishtail/[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]public_html/design/themes/basic/templates/addons/my_changes/hooks/index/piwikfooter.override.tpl” on line 1 “{if $runtime.customization_mode.design == "Y" && $smarty.const.AREA == "C"}{capture name="template_content"}{assign var="username" value=""|my_user_email}” - Unexpected ""' in /home/fishtail/public_html/app/lib/other/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php:665 Stack trace: #0 /home/[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]fishtail[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]/public_html/app/lib/other/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templateparser.php(3144): Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase->trigger_template_error() #1 /home/[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]fishtail[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]/public_html/app/lib/other/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templateparser.php(3209): Smarty_Internal_Templateparser->yy_syntax_error(79, '') #2 /home/[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]fishtail[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Times][size=1]/public_html/app/lib/other/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_smartytemplatecompiler.php(105): Smarty_Internal_Temp in[/size][/font][/color]/home/fishtail/public_html/app/lib/other/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php[color=#000000][font=Times][size=1] on line [/size][/font][/color]665[/quote]



I tried deleting the back quotes and get a very similar error: