Alternative to current_user I have modified user-picture.tpl.php the follow way:
    

$employeeid = token_replace('[current-user:field_employeeid]');
?&gt;
&lt;?php if ($user_picture): ?&gt;
&lt;div class="user-picture"&gt;
    &lt;?php print $user_picture; ?&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;?php elseif ($employeeid): ?&gt;
&lt;div class="user-picture"&gt;
    &lt;img src="../../sites/default/files/pictures/&lt;?=$employeeid?&gt;.jpg"/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;?php endif; ?&gt;


by adding a token_replace to manage the current-user avatar for a company directory. I have left the original options in place because there is the possibility for non employees to be logged in. 

THE PROBLEM:

The above code works, provided you are the current user, I need the employee avatar to show for everyone. I have tried replacing

curent-user:


for 

user:


with no success. The whole reason for this is so that the employee avatar is automatically pulled from an IMCE managed folder and NOT left up to the employee to "get creative".

Any constructive thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

SOLUTION:

if (isset($account-&gt;field_employeeid['und'][0]['safe_value'])) : 
    $employeeid = $account-&gt;field_employeeid['und'][0]['safe_value']; ?&gt;
    &lt;div class="user-picture"&gt;
        &lt;img src="&lt;?=base_path()?&gt;sites/default/files/pictures/&lt;?=$employeeid?&gt;.jpg"/&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;?  else: ?&gt;
    &lt;div class="user-picture"&gt;
        &lt;?php print $user_picture; ?&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;?  endif; ?&gt;
i would say remove the if/else and only leave the else code, as you never want to show $user_picture

$employeeid = token_replace('[current-user:field_employeeid]');
?&gt;
&lt;div class="user-picture"&gt;
    &lt;img src="&lt;?=base_path()?&gt;sites/default/files/pictures/&lt;?=$employeeid?&gt;.jpg"/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;