Display a users first name instead of the login in authbox
 

After a user logs on to my site, I'd rather the authbox.tpl display their first name instead of the default username or login name. I've noticed it calls /include/login.php and that it pulls the login name from the database with other user data and displays it in authbox.tpl with the variable {$login}. How would I call the users firstname into the template instead of the login name?

TIA,
jaymon

try {$userinfo.firstname} instead of {$login}

:D

funkydunk, thanks for the reply.

Hmmm, I tried that with no success. Not sure if it matters, but I'm using X-cart version 3.3.3.

I see the authbox.tpl template is calling /include/login.php and in it there's a call to the database that grabs the user data.

$user_data=func_query_first("select * from $sql_tbl[customers] where login='$username' and usertype='$usertype' and status='Y'");

and below that I assume this is putting the user data from the database into login

$login = $user_data[login]; //$username;

I assume that I need to pull the customers firstname from the database also, because it doesn't look like it's being done above. And then I can build a variable like the login above. I this a correct assumption? Sorry, I'm not a PHP wizard.

TIA,
jaymon

In my /include/check_useraccount.php

I added the query:


In the same file:


Then in my authbox.tpl

This works! Thanks a lot for the help Jon. :D

Your welcome :D

Hello,

Have applied both soluitons to my authbox.tpl template, but firstname is actually shown on all pages except for home.php.
What should I try?

Can you explain what you've done and/or provide a URL to your site?

I've used {$userinfo.firstname} instead of {$login}

test site URL : http://ad.atrativagames.com.br/loja

That won't work.

If you follow the instructions I posted above, it should.

Other mehtod haven't worked also...
Where on the file should I put the code you've described?