How to display profileextender plugin fields ?

migswd · September 2017

I added new fields with profileextender addon but I do not see how to display thoses fields in discussions.

vrijvlinder · September 2017

Only works for the profile .... which is why it's called Profile Extender. It adds fields such as school , or occupation and shows up in the user profile.

migswd · September 2017

But here there is a handler to display the fields in discussion
So it might be possible here.

migswd · September 2017

I found this way.

    /**
     * Add 'Flag' link for discussions.
     */
    public function discussionController_afterDiscussionMeta_handler($Sender, $Args) {

        // Get user-specific data
        $ProfileFields = Gdn::userModel()->getMeta($Sender->Discussion->InsertUserID, 'Profile.%', 'Profile.');
        // TEST : echo $Sender->Discussion->InsertUserID;

        //echo ' <dt class="ProfileExtend Profile'.'societe'.'">'.'Société : '.'</dt> ';
        //echo ' <dd class="ProfileExtend Profile'.'societe'.'">'.$ProfileFields['societe'].'</dd>'.'<br>';
        echo '<span class="ProfileExtend Profilesociete">'.$ProfileFields['societe'].'</span>';
        echo '<span class="ProfileExtend Profileregion">'.$ProfileFields['region'].'</span>';
        echo '<span class="ProfileExtend ProfileMandats">'.$ProfileFields['Mandats'].'</span>';
        echo '<span class="ProfileExtend Profilspecialites">'.$ProfileFields['specialites'].'</span>';
    }

Now I just need the same but for the comments in the discussion.
I need to find the userid for a comment.

What is the handler I should use ? This one ?
public function discussionController_insideCommentMeta_handler($Sender, $Args) {

R_J · September 2017

If you know the name of the field, it is relatively easy:

    public function discussionController_authorInfo_handler($sender, $args) {
        // Get all fields, if you need more than one:
        $allFields = Gdn::userModel()->getMeta( // From table UserMeta...
            $args['Author']->UserID, // ... for this UserID...
            'Profile.%', // ... get all fields beginning with "Profile."...
            'Profile.' // ...and strip the beginning "Profile." from the result
        );
        echo '<span class="MItem SomeDescriptiveClassName">'.$allFields['PhoneNumber'].'</span>';
        echo '<span class="MItem SomeDescriptiveClassName">'.$allFields['Whatever'].'</span>';


        // Alternative, if you need only one field:
        $someField = Gdn::userModel()->getMeta(
            $args['Author']->UserID,
            'Profile.Whatever',
            'Profile.',
            'This is a default value if the field is not set for this user'
        );
        echo '<span class="MItem SomeDescriptiveClassName">'.$someField['Whatever'].'</span>';
    }

You can find the name of the field in the config. As you can see in the following example, it is not necesseraly equal to the label that you have used in the ProfileExtender settings!

$Configuration['ProfileExtender']['Fields']['PhoneNumber']['FormType'] = 'TextBox';
$Configuration['ProfileExtender']['Fields']['PhoneNumber']['Label'] = 'Phone Number';
$Configuration['ProfileExtender']['Fields']['PhoneNumber']['Options'] = '';
$Configuration['ProfileExtender']['Fields']['PhoneNumber']['Required'] = '1';
$Configuration['ProfileExtender']['Fields']['PhoneNumber']['OnRegister'] = '1';
$Configuration['ProfileExtender']['Fields']['PhoneNumber']['OnProfile'] = false;

R_J · September 2017

And if you want to show that info not only in discussions but also on the recent discussion list, you should better start with public function base_authorInfo_handler($sender, $args) {

R_J · September 2017

Sorry, I haven't seen that you already found a way.

migswd · September 2017

Thank you so much R_J !! Works great !!!

How to display profileextender plugin fields ?

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