echousername (function)

Purpose

Returns the username of the user. Does not actually echo it.

Location

users/helpers/users.php

Version Information

First Introduced

v3.0.0

See Also:

echouser (function)

Parameters

#	Parameter	Data Type	Required	Description
1	$id	int	Yes	The user id of the user whose username you wish to fetch

Returns

Data Type	Description of Returned Data
string	Returns either the username or "Unknown" if a user is not found

Example

echousername($id)

Further Documentation:

Simply returns the username. This works well when you have echoUser set to something else and you want to override that setting and always show the username. If the user id you pass does not belong to a valid user, it will return "Unknown."