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Change the order of first and last name
February 27, 2009, 12:45:23 am
Hi,

I'm quite new in CiviCRM, but I have to use is for a project. I like it very much, but I have some questions. First of all is, how or where to  change something to display the user's name in the order as we use it in Hungarian: the "Last name" is the first, and "First name" is the last. (Some .tpl files I found, but in some of files there are only {$displayName}...)

Thank you for some help.

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Re: Change the order of first and last name
February 27, 2009, 02:00:44 am
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how or where to  change something to display the user's name in the order as we use it in Hungarian: the "Last name" is the first, and "First name" is the last.

IMO there is no such setting available which will change the sequence for $displayName
If you are interesting only in last name and first name,  You might want to take a look for $sortName ( ie civicrm_contact.sort_name )

To change name sequence for display name  you need to change in core code
go to CRM/Contact/BAO/Individual.php line around 149
Code: [Select]
$display_name = trim( "$prefix $firstName $middleName $lastName $suffix" );
Here you can give your name sequence which will reflect for display name when you create/edit contact record.

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Re: Change the order of first and last name
February 27, 2009, 02:31:43 am
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To change name sequence for display name  you need to change in core code
go to CRM/Contact/BAO/Individual.php line around 149
Code: [Select]
$display_name = trim( "$prefix $firstName $middleName $lastName $suffix" );
Here you can give your name sequence which will reflect for display name when you create/edit contact record.


Thank you, that's I looking for. Thank you for your help!

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A bit later I've tried out, but it seems not to work on CiviCRM 2.2 beta 2. Eg. "Recently Viewed" is not OK, search result page is not OK... So I'm looking for a solution...
« Last Edit: February 27, 2009, 05:25:46 am by pal_ur »

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Re: Change the order of first and last name
February 27, 2009, 09:54:15 am

you will need to run an update query on the DB to store all display_names in the new format. All new contacts will store it in the new format since u made the code change

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