A flexible function to echo out some type of user name
Location
users/helpers/users.php
Version Information
First Introduced
v3.0.0
Parameters
#
Parameter
Data Type
Required
Description
1
$id
int
Yes
The id of the user whose name you would like to echo
2
$echoType = null
int
Yes
Override the default echo user formatting
3
$return = false
bool
Yes
Optionally, you can return the user information instead of using echo to send it to the screen.
Returns
Data Type
Description of Returned Data
string
Whether echoed or returned as a variable, you will get a string back.
Example
echouser($id)
Further Documentation:
This function has a setting on the Admin Dashboard it is located on
Dashboard->settings->general->User Settings
You can choose between
Fname, Lname (Option 0)
Username (Option 1)
Username (Fname Lname) (Option 2)
Username (Fname) (Option 3)
The way this function works, if you change that setting on the dashboard, echouser will change how it displays usernames everywhere that function is called on your site
Example outputs would be
Dan Hoover [Fname Lname]
Admin [Username]
Admin (Dan Hoover) [Username (Fname Lname)]
Admin (Dan) [Username (Fname)]
If you have specified option 0 (Fname, Lname) on the dashboard, you can still override this to username by calling