Best way to get profile fields of logged in user?

Question

I'd like to get the website field of the currently logged in user. What's the best way to pull that and other profile information?

Answer 1

Here's the function in the badges plugin that is adapted from the core; it checks whether all fields are filled out, but of course you can do other things with the info:

        function check_user_fields($userid,$params) {
            list($useraccount, $userprofile, $userfields)=qa_db_select_with_pending(
                qa_db_user_account_selectspec($userid, true),
                qa_db_user_profile_selectspec($userid, true),
                qa_db_userfields_selectspec()
            );
                
            // avatar badge
            
            if (qa_opt('avatar_allow_upload') && isset($useraccount['avatarblobid'])) {
                $badges = array('avatar');
                qa_badge_award_check($badges, false, $userid);                
            }
            
            // profile completion
            
            $missing = false;
            
            foreach ($userfields as $userfield) {
                if(!$userprofile[$userfield['title']]) {
                    $missing = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
            
            if(!$missing) {
                $badges = array('profiler');
                qa_badge_award_check($badges, false, $userid);            
            }
            
        }