Auto Actions get field value

Within a PHP eval code action I need to retrieve a field values
But this does not return anything.

You need to establish $cbUser, it doesn't exist in your code. Substitutions can also be used so you could just use the following.

krileon wrote: You need to establish $cbUser, it doesn't exist in your code. Substitutions can also be used so you could just use the following.

Code:

$field = '[cb:userfield field="avatar" /]';

I need name dynamically. Would something like this work:

I believe that subsitution would not work when using variable as field name.

The substitutions process before the code executes, so no that wouldn't work. You can use getFields API if you want, but please review the below tutorial carefully on how to use it.

www.joomlapolis.com/support/tutorials/120-api-usage/18361-obtaining-field-values-through-getfields-api