access content profile fields in user-profile.tpl.php

Go to this link to read a good explanation and practical example .

http://geeksandgod.com/forums/dynamic-website-forums/all-about-drupal/wh...

just in case this link disappears I am posting the guts of it.

Hi,

I've created a few custom user profile fields using the Content Profile module.

In my theme file I can view the new fields using the following code:

$var = $content_profile->get_variables('user_profile');
print_r($var);

Now, I could access each field like this:

print $var['field_first_name'][0]['value'];

But is this the "correct" way of getting the field value? Is there a standard/best practice way to do this?

Thanks,

Steve

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July 22, 2009 - 7:52pm
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That's one way to do it, but

That's one way to do it, but in D6 one of the preferred ways is to use a preprocess node and define new variables.

In your template.php file,

function MYTHEME_preprocess_page(&$variables)
{
// add the taxonomy term description to the variables
$variables['mynewvar'] = $['node']->field_cckcontenttype_field[0]['view'];

If (logic){
$variables['mylogicvar'] = "do your logic in here rather than in your tpl.php file";
}
}

Then in your tpl.php you can just print out those new variables you defined:

print $mynewvar;
print $mylogicvar;

Ideally you don't want logic in your tpl files.