Hi I am using the older version of vshare and have come across a problem.

I am trying to run some custom php code in the template. The following seems to work ok

PHP Code:
if ($smarty.session.USERNAME == $uname) 
however I need to try and use $smarty.session.USERNAME in an sql query but then it does not work because of the periods's in the variable.

I know php sometimes converts them to underscores but $smarty_session_USERNAME is no good either.

I have tried

PHP Code:
$login = $smarty.session.USERNAME;
$login = $smarty_session_USERNAME 
Anyone have any ideas how I can use that within {php} tags?