Remove last name on reviews

[MagicalT]

Have searched the forum looking to remove last name on reviews, nothing else needs to change just the last name removed

[MrPhil]

product_reviews.php puts the field "customers_name" into the review page. That's apparently the entire name. You would have to pull it out into a new variable and process it in some way, then use the variable in the output. It's tricky to isolate just the last name if it's given as one long string. If my name were Phil Van De Bogart, where would you cut off the "last" name? What might be more foolproof would be to change all words in the name to their first initial: P V D B. Some customers, when they write reviews, will be smart enough to realize that their name will be displayed and will anonymize it accordingly. Does the name used here come from the customer record or is it entered during the review? If it originally came from the customer record (purchase information), that's a violation of privacy to display it. I would think it sufficient to warn reviewers that whatever name they give will be printed with the review, so please just give their first name or initials if they want some privacy.

[knifeman]

Try the suggestion here. I have removed last names on my site and I believe I did this:

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/topic/280737-how-to-remove-last-name-from-product-reviews/#entry1153668

 

Tim

It has been awhile so I am not certain.

[♥joli1811]

@@knifeman

An absolute mine of useful information

Regards

John

[♥mattjt83]

You also try this:

 

Find this in product_reviews.php:

$reviews_query = tep_db_query($reviews_split->sql_query);
while ($reviews = tep_db_fetch_array($reviews_query)) {

 

Add this directly below:

 

//BOF use customers firstname only
$customers_name = explode(' ',$reviews['customers_name']);
$reviews['customers_name'] = $customers_name[0];
//EOF use customers firstname only

 

Please note this only changes what displays on the web page itself and doesnt alter the database at all.