Show a Welcome Message to Visitors and Logged in users.

<?php

/**
* Custom code for mod_php. 
* copyright: www.fijiwebdesign.com
* Shows a welcome to the logged in user, or vistor. 
*/

global $my;

if ($my->id) {
  echo 'Hello, '.$my->username;
} else {
  echo 'Hello, visitor';
}

?>

This displays Hello, {username} or Hello, visitor based on the users logged in status.

i'm trying to use this sample to show my username. for some reason the script will only echo the 'visitor' variable of the if statement. i'm signed in as administrator. any idea why this is?

Are you using this with Joomla 1.0 or Joomla 1.5?

joomla 1.5. the site is www.ussa1.com. you can sign in with user name: user1 & password: password

thanks!

the module is under the menu button: servcies

The sample code was for Joomla1.0. Your site is using Joomla.5.

The documentation for the User Object in Joomla 1.5 is here: http://docs.joomla.org/Accessing_the_current_user_object

The code would look something like:

$user =& JFactory::getUser();
	
	if ($user->guest) {
		echo 'Hello, visitor';
	} else {
		echo 'Hello, '.$user->username;
	}