New data hook for topic view

[Fabien]

Currently, with IP.Board 3.1.0, there are 4 hooks for topic view that allows us to add a new button beside a post, compute some data but we cannot add new field for the posts select query (like birthday).

I suggest to add a new hook for topic view that we could customize posts select query and add a new sql join.
For example, this new hook could be used to display easily and cleanly (without changing source code) age of members in topics.

[Mat Barrie]

But you already have all the fields you need for the birthday in topic view - $post['author']['bday_day'], $post['author']['bday_month'] and $post['author']['bday_year']

[Michael]

But you already have all the fields you need for the birthday in topic view - $post['author']['bday_day'], $post['author']['bday_month'] and $post['author']['bday_year']

Those fields are not in the $post['author'] array.

[Mat Barrie]

Oh, I see. I always thought that $post['author'] was pretty much a clone of an IPSMember instance.

[Michael]

I thought so too, I tried to make a hook that did just this (I had a similar mod for 2.x), but I found that only certain fields from the members table get pulled. A bit annoying.