How to expose online members data to custom template?

[Matthew Hawley]

Could someone give me a tutorial on how to expose online members and members count data to a custom template? I'm pretty sure it has something to do with viewparams...

Thanks!

 

[Aayush]

There is a table called xf_session which logs the sessions of users online currently.Use that table to join with users and grabs the data about members you require.

 

[Aayush]

Also check out the Xenforo Model called Session in the default xf lib. There are a few functions which may help you.

 

[truonglv]

Look at on XenForo_ControllerPublic_Forum at line:41

'onlineUsers' => $this->_getSessionActivityList(),

And this function:

protected function _getSessionActivityList()
    {
        $visitor = XenForo_Visitor::getInstance();

        /** @var $sessionModel XenForo_Model_Session */
        $sessionModel = $this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_Session');

        return $sessionModel->getSessionActivityQuickList(
            $visitor->toArray(),
            array('cutOff' => array('>', $sessionModel->getOnlineStatusTimeout())),
            ($visitor['user_id'] ? $visitor->toArray() : null)
        );

    }

I think its useful for you

 

[Matthew Hawley]

Doesn't really help me...I don't know what to do with that.

 

[Aayush]

What exactly do you want to do?