Format a username.

This is also the label callback implementation of callback_entity_info_label() for user_entity_info().

By default, the passed-in object's 'name' property is used if it exists, or else, the site-defined value for the 'anonymous' variable. However, a module may override this by implementing hook_username_alter(&$name, $account).

Parameters

$account: The account object for the user whose name is to be formatted.

Return value

An unsanitized string with the username to display. The code receiving this result must ensure that check_plain() is called on it before it is printed to the page.

See also

hook_username_alter()

Related topics

30 calls to format_username()
BlogTestCase::testBlogPageNoEntries in modules/blog/blog.test
View the blog of a user with no blog entries as another user.
BlogTestCase::testUnprivilegedUser in modules/blog/blog.test
Confirm that the "You are not allowed to post a new blog entry." message shows up if a user submitted blog entries, has been denied that permission, and goes to the blog page.
BlogTestCase::verifyBlogLinks in modules/blog/blog.test
Verify the blog links are displayed to the logged in user.
BlogTestCase::verifyBlogs in modules/blog/blog.test
Verify the logged in user has the desired access to the various blog nodes.
blog_feed_user in modules/blog/blog.pages.inc
Menu callback; displays an RSS feed containing recent blog entries of a given user.

... See full list

1 string reference to 'format_username'
user_entity_info in modules/user/user.module
Implements hook_entity_info().

File

includes/common.inc, line 2225
Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function format_username($account) {
  $name = !empty($account->name) ? $account->name : variable_get('anonymous', t('Anonymous'));
  drupal_alter('username', $name, $account);
  return $name;
}