Menu button with a search query using the logged in username

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wiptheman
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Menu button with a search query using the logged in username

Post by wiptheman » Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:48 pm

Hi All,

I would like to add a menu button that would execute a search based on the logged in user name.

Is that possible ??

Thanks a lot for your help !
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Re: Menu button with a search query using the logged in user

Post by wiptheman » Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:35 pm

Ok so I did some tests >>

Basically I just need to get the user name in the URL that results from a search in Joomla

http://mywebsite.com/index.php?searchword=USERNAME &ordering=&searchphrase=all&Itemid=28&option=com_search

Question really is how to I replace in the above USERNAME by a code that will actually bring me back the user name ? is that possible ?

I tried with:

searchword=com_user

And sevral other options but no luck... Anyone can help ??
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