How to print custom user field (from user content type) to your node template or tpl file | iBuild.PH Knowledgebase

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For author profile info on the node:

$node = $variables[‘node’];
$author = user_load($node->uid);
$first_name = field_get_items(‘user’, $author, ‘field_first_name’);
$last_name = field_get_items(‘user’, $author, ‘field_last_name’);
$userid = $node->uid;
?>