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1. chrishajer
   Moderator

   I've modified search.php a bit to make the results a little more readable (to my eye) and I was wondering how to get the poster name, to display with the results for recent posts and relevant posts.

   I would like to display something like:
   <a href="<?php post_link(); ?>"><?php topic_title($bb_post->topic_id); ?></a> <small><?php _e('Posted') ?> <?php echo date(__('F j, Y, h:i A'), bb_get_p
ost_time()); ?></small> [BY MEMBER]

   the [BY MEMBER] part, to get the name of the member who made the post that is listed is the part I need help with. Thank you.

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. ardentfrost
   Member

   You should be able to do this:

   get_user_name($bb_post->poster_id)

   Tell me if that doesn't work.

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. chrishajer
   Moderator

   That does not work :)

   Here is the code I am using:
   <?php foreach ( $recent as $bb_post ) : ?>
<li><a href="<?php post_link(); ?>"><?php topic_title($bb_post->topic_id); ?></a><small> <?php _e('Posted') ?> <?php echo date(__('F j, Y, h:i A'), bb_get_post_time()); ?><?php _e(' by ')?><?php get_user_name($bb_post->poster_id) ?></small>

   seems like it should work. It doesn't error out, it's just blank after the " by "

   Is there a list of functions, similar to the WP codex, where I could learn about them?

   Thanks.

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. chrishajer
   Moderator

   bb_get_user($bb_post->poster_id) also did not work (does not error, just shows no output.)

   also
   $bb_post->poster_id does not return anything either.

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. ardentfrost
   Member

   Try this

   echo bb_get_user($bb_post->poster_id)->user_login

   Or you can try to do it the way topics do it and just use this:

   post_author_link();

   That will also return the name as a link to their webpage.

   Worth a try I guess.

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. ardentfrost
   Member

   If neither of those work, you need to echo $bb_post->poster_id and see if you're getting anything. If not, you gotta figure out wtf $bb_post contains.

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. chrishajer
   Moderator

   OK - will try. Thank you for your help.

   Posted 1 year ago #

8. chrishajer
   Moderator

   <?php _e(' by ')?><?php echo bb_get_user($bb_post->poster_id)->user_login ?>

   Returns the user's name. Perfect. Thanks.

   Posted 1 year ago #

9. chrishajer
   Moderator

   Update: the above was working, but on the command line, php -l complained:

   parse error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in ... that line

   I got this to work:

   <?php _e(' by ') ?><a href="<?php user_profile_link($bb_post->poster_id); ?>"><?php echo get_user_name($bb_post->poster_id); ?></a>

   That's what was suggested initially: I' m not sure what I did wrong the first time around, but this is what is working now, with no parse errors. Thanks.

   Posted 1 year ago #

10. chrishajer
    Moderator

    I wonder if the problem with this line:
    bb_get_user($bb_post->poster_id)->user_login

    is related to this style syntax and could be fixed in a similar manner (if necessary):
    http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/401?replies=42#post-2140

    Posted 1 year ago #

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