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I'm working with Linx a links submission component, which is great but I'd like to modify it slightly:

where it asks you to enter your name in a field, i'd like it to hard code the users (user)name:

This is from the php file and creates the fields to fill stuff in:

$recip_url = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'recip_url', '' );
$new_url = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'new_url', '' );
$new_url_name = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'new_url_name', '' );
$new_url_description = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'new_url_description', '' );
$new_name = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'new_name', '' );
$new_email = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'new_email', '' );
$cat_id = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'cat_id', '' );

I'd like to replace this:
$new_name = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'new_name', '' );
with something that calls the (user)name instead of the field.

I grabbed this from the debug when opening a (community builder) profile page:
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SELECT id, name, email, block, sendEmail, registerDate, lastvisitDate, activation, params
FROM jos_users
WHERE id = 62

I tried echo statements, but all i got was errors, what should I do?

In J!1.0 you need to use:
In J!1.5 you need to use:
Hope this helps.

StuG

Hey stu, thanks for the first step ...

I tried copying that in the php doc...and got an error:
Guess I should have done something different?

(maybe a touch of back ground will help:
The is the linx component, and hat I want to happen is that instead of a user being asked to fill in a name, it's automatically filled in for him so there is no chance of "fudging")

You're missing a ';' from the end of one of the lines. Check you've got them all complete and you should be good to go.

Regards,

StuG

If you're copying directly, you might want to use:
in lieu of your mosGetParam request.

StuG

thanks i'll try it at once!