How to access the custom fields_data from users and events
By Alex Ortner on Wednesday, 04 October 2017
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Dear Team,
In order to implement my template overrides I try to access the additional fields I created in the user/event workflows.
This are listed in the database tables
#__social_fields
and do have there values in
#__social_fields_data
Is there a way to access this fields via a already implemented function? or area they already stored in an available object/array?
Like I can access all the default fields from users and events via
$user->name
$event->title
Or do I have to write a own select statement directly on the database table?
Best Alex
Regarding the user/event custom field, you can use following method to retrieve your current user/event field data.



$userId = 347;

$userData = ES::user($userId); // current user object

// TEXTBOX-custom this unique key have to get it from your custom field, you can refer on my attached screenshot below.

$customField = $userData->getFieldValue('TEXTBOX-custom');

echo $customField;






$eventId = 42;

$eventData= ES::event($eventId); // get event object

$customField = $eventData->getFieldValue('ADDRESS');

echo $customField;exit;
Arlex Wong
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Wednesday, 04 October 2017 19:29
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Fantastic. That is exactly what I searched and making live so much easier
Alex Ortner
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Wednesday, 04 October 2017 21:06
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Thanks for updating Alex, glad that your issues are resolved now
Mark
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Wednesday, 04 October 2017 21:51
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