I am creating a website, and a new user will have to register to use it. Now, after signing up on the site, I want their first name to appear once logged in. How can I do this?
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You can access any of the fields of the currently logged in member by using $CurrentMember. To get the first name you can do $CurrentMember.FirstName. To see all the properties you can call on $CurrentMember look at the Member.php class.
Thank you for your help. The information you provided was excellent.
I was wondering how to create a first and last name?
I was wondering how to create a first and last name?
Member has a Name function which returns the full name. $CurrentMember.Name
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