XF 1.5 Using phrase by_x in message template, doesn't output data

[Nulumia]

I'm creating a custom layout for the message template, and wanted to place "By: *author name*" without hardcoding "By:". The only phrase I found was "by_x", however this only outputs

By: {name}

in the front end. I'm guessing there's a variable that would have to be called for this template, or is there another method to accomplish doing this?

 

[Jeremy P]

{{ phrase('by_x', {'name': $user.username}) }}

 

[Nulumia]

Thanks for the reply Jeremy, not sure if I'm missing something but entered this in a span and it only reprinted the code back out as is. To clarify I'm placing this right inside the <li class="message"> in message template, trying to do this:

 

[Jeremy P]

My apologies, just realized this is for XF 1.x...

{xen:phrase by_x, 'name={xen:helper username, $user}'}

 

[Nulumia]

Thanks, ended up I had to modify this just one step and

{xen:phrase by_x, 'name={$message.username}'}

did the trick!
Much appreciated