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1. andytford
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   How do I pass the username through a URL? This is specifically used to get to a third party site where both usernames have to be sync'd.

   I am just placing this in the HTML (and sidebar as a text widget). An example would look like this:

   Ex: http://www.domain.com/login.php?user_id=jsmith

   I just don't know how to write the code that would grab the username and place it at the end of the URL. I'd be grateful for just a simple direction that I can Google.

   Thanks in advance!

2. haochi
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   <?php
   global $user_login;
   get_currentuserinfo();
   if(!empty($user_login)){
   echo "<a href='http://www.domain.com/login.php?user_id=".$user_login."'>BLAH</a>";
   }
   ?>

   not tested.

3. andytford
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   haochi,

   This isn't displaying as a link. It shows text that reads:
   

   BLAH"; } ?>

   I attempted a combination of "'s and ''s to see if it made any difference. I need to research the syntax, but thanks for the help.

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   <?php
   //global $user_login;
   //get_currentuserinfo();
   $user_login = "whoo";
   if(!empty($user_login)){
   echo "<a href='http://www.domain.com/login.php?user_id=".$user_login."'>BLAH</a>";
   }
   ?>

   tested from the cli, works fine.

   theres nothing wrong with the syntax he provided. there are no php errors within that.

5. whooami
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   meh, I was askimeted. There is nothing wrong with the syntax in that, and it works properly.

6. andytford
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Would there be an issue with placing it inside of a Text widget that would cause that?

7. whooami
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Would there be an issue with ...

   I dont have a clue about that, sorry. I dont use widgets of any kind. Im old school :P

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