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Check value of profile field – displaying images in profile if

@number_6

Participant

10 years, 1 month ago

Hello,
I’ve looked high and low to find out how to use PHP to check if a custom profile field (dropdown) value is x, y, and z. My purpose for this is to display a corresponding image for each possible choice.
I’m sure others would be looking for such a snippet like I was.

Cheers

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@shanebp

Moderator

10 years, 1 month ago
It depends on where you want to do it.

On a profile page:
```
$some_field = bp_get_member_profile_data( 'field=Name of Field' );
if( !empty( $some_field ) ) {
     if( $some_field == 'x') 
        echo 'x'; 
     elseif( $some_field == 'y') 
        echo 'y'; 
     else
        echo 'z'; 
}
```
On the all members page:
```
$user_id = bp_get_member_user_id();
$some_field = xprofile_get_field_data( 'Name of Field', $user_id, $multi_format = 'comma' );
if( !empty( $some_field ) ) {
//etc. 
```
@number_6

Participant

10 years, 1 month ago

Thanks @shanbp
May I ask what do I do with the instances of $some_field in your snippet? I see it in BP and WP’s documentation. I know $someword takes the place of the name of something, but that’s about it.

@shanebp

Moderator

10 years, 1 month ago

$some_field is a variable that you create.
Its value is whatever you assign to it, iow. whatever is to the right of the = sign.
The name of the variable can be whatever you want, as long as it’s unique.
It could be $bongos_ahoy or $smelly_dog, etc.
This is basic coding and not really appropriate for this forum.

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