Why does {$user.customFields.FieldID} not fetch the value?

[TheBigK]

Okay, I wish to display a custom user field (real name) in in place of the user id on XenPorta. I created a custom user field with field ID "realname" and in phrases where it says -

by {user} at {date}

I put -

by {$user.customFields.x} at {date}

I'm expecting the out put would be

By (real name entered by the user) at (date) as output.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[ManOnDaMoon]

For phrases vars, replacements are done where the phrase is called, not directly into the phrase.

You should leave the {user} replacement in the phrase, find where it is called, and call it this way:

{xen:phrase whateverthephrasename, 'user={$user.customFields.x}', 'date={$whateverthedatevar}'}

 

[TheBigK]

Okay, can someone tell me how to make this work in Xenporta? I'm bit lost!

 

[TheBigK]

Here's where it's being called -

<div class="messageContent baseHtml">
                    <div class="postedBy">
                        <span class="posted iconKey"><div class="sticky"></div>{xen:phrase by_x_at_y,
                            'user=<a href="{xen:link members, $news}" class="username">{$news.username}</a>',
                            'date=<a href="{xen:link threads, $news}">{xen:time $news.post_date, 'absolute'}</a>'}</span>
                        <span class="views">({xen:number $news.view_count} {xen:phrase views} / {xen:number $news.first_post_likes} {xen:phrase likes})</span>
                        <span class="comments iconKey"><div class="new"></div><a href="{xen:link threads/unread, $news}">{xen:number $news.reply_count} {xen:phrase comments}</a></span>
                    </div>
 
                    <div class="newsText">{xen:raw $news.messageHtml}</div>
                    <div class="clearFix"></div>
                </div>

I'm unable to get the real name of the author display

 

[Jeremy]

You need to change $news.username, however depending on how XenPorta constructs the $news variable in the controller, custom fields may not be present in the data.

 

[ManOnDaMoon]

As King stated, customFields are not fetched in XenPorta's RecentNews block.

You should first add these lines in the file library/EWRporta/Block/RecentNews.php

Find, on line 40:

		foreach ($news AS &$post)
		{

Replace with (add the red code):

		foreach ($news AS &$post)
		{
			$fieldModel = $this->getModelFromCache('XenForo_Model_UserField');
			$customFields = $fieldModel->prepareUserFields($fieldModel->getUserFields(
				array(),
				array('valueUserId' => $post['user_id'])
			));
			$post['customFields'] = $customFields;

Then in the template, replace with the red code:

<div class="messageContent baseHtml">
                    <div class="postedBy">
                        <span class="posted iconKey"><div class="sticky"></div>{xen:phrase by_x_at_y,
                            'user=<a href="{xen:link members, $news}" class="username">{$news.customFields.x.field_value}</a>',
                            'date=<a href="{xen:link threads, $news}">{xen:time $news.post_date, 'absolute'}</a>'}</span>
                        <span class="views">({xen:number $news.view_count} {xen:phrase views} / {xen:number $news.first_post_likes} {xen:phrase likes})</span>
                        <span class="comments iconKey"><div class="new"></div><a href="{xen:link threads/unread, $news}">{xen:number $news.reply_count} {xen:phrase comments}</a></span>
                    </div>
 
                    <div class="newsText">{xen:raw $news.messageHtml}</div>
                    <div class="clearFix"></div>
                </div>

Note that you should test whether the field has a value before inserting it in place of the username. I recommend using

{xen:if $news.customFields.x.hasValue, $news.customFields.x.field_value, $news.username}

instead of just

{$news.customFields.x.field_value}

 

[TheBigK]

Super! That really works. I just had to replace 'twitter' with 'realname' (which is my custom filed) and it worked. Tried this on test site and will make it work on my live site soon . Thanks a TON!

 

[CaptainMorgan]

I can't get this to work for me...

I have a page with user groups that list members in each group. Of the information I'm trying to retrieve is a custom field. I'm trying:

$user.customFields.taste.techno

Where taste is the fieldId of the custom field, and techno is an option from a drop down box. I've been hacking away at it for a while now and having no luck.

The best I seem to be able to do is retrieve the fields from the User Profile model, unserialize it, and var_dump the fields. Matching them to a user's selection shouldn't be necessary - shouldn't I be able to use the above line of code? ($user.customFields.taste.techno).

Any ideas?
Thanks