How can I get the friendly OpenID after validation? about lightopenid HOT 4 CLOSED

If you want a more friendly name, simply ask for it.

For instructions on how to do it, see 
http://code.google.com/p/lightopenid/wiki/GettingMoreInformation .
Try namePerson/friendly and contact/email.

I wasn't asking for an AX or SREG "friendly name", I just wanted to get the 
original OpenID URI that the user has entered to authenticate. The user doesn't 
want to know his personal name when managing his OpenIDs in my account, he 
needs to see his OpenID URIs. Can I use the one he entered in my login form or 
do I need to ask the OpenId library for it? Which is safe?

$openid->identity returns
  a) the (normalized) string an user has entered (that is, claimed_id)
  b) in case of using identifier_select (Google, for example), whatever the server returns -- because the user didn't enter anything

If you used exactly whatever used has provided, you'd have more than one user 
with the same identifier (that is, for example, 
https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id), because some servers select the 
identity during their authentication process.

According to the standard, you should use the claimed identifier as the user's 
OpenID -- it will be as close as possible to whatever your user has entered as 
his OpenID without being ambiguous.