New User Registration - against database.
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I'm setting up a new site where I have an external database that contains user information. I already know how to access the external database, (via help here. Thank you!)
What I need to be able to do is have a new user enter certain information - a member ID that they already have, a first name, a date of birth, last 4 of a SSN, and then I need to match that against the external database. If it matches, then I allow them to register as a new user, and then I need to add the user to a couple groups, and update a couple attributes with data from the external database (some internal IDs that the member doesn't know).
I first started creating an external page, and then built the logic that way. I programmatically add the user, and update the groups/attributes. So far it works, but I'm not sure if this is the correct way to go.
Should I be using Authentication Types? I'd like the be able to use the email confirmation function built into the standard new user registration. Using my method I don't think I can do that (unless there is some way to trigger the email to be sent). Once the user is registered, I just need to use a standard login block.
a) should I be trying to use authentication types?
b) or, is there a way to trigger the email verification without using the standard registration?
What I need to be able to do is have a new user enter certain information - a member ID that they already have, a first name, a date of birth, last 4 of a SSN, and then I need to match that against the external database. If it matches, then I allow them to register as a new user, and then I need to add the user to a couple groups, and update a couple attributes with data from the external database (some internal IDs that the member doesn't know).
I first started creating an external page, and then built the logic that way. I programmatically add the user, and update the groups/attributes. So far it works, but I'm not sure if this is the correct way to go.
Should I be using Authentication Types? I'd like the be able to use the email confirmation function built into the standard new user registration. Using my method I don't think I can do that (unless there is some way to trigger the email to be sent). Once the user is registered, I just need to use a standard login block.
a) should I be trying to use authentication types?
b) or, is there a way to trigger the email verification without using the standard registration?
You can trigger these emails when you programatically create the user. I have copied this code from the 5.8.1 core, but you can copy it from the /concrete/controllers/single_page/register.php of whatever version you are using, it's inside the do_register function.
In this case $process is the UserInfo object returned from the registration.
In this case $process is the UserInfo object returned from the registration.
// now we check whether we need to validate this user's email address if ($config->get('concrete.user.registration.validate_email')) { $uHash = $process->setupValidation(); $mh = $this->app->make('mail'); $fromEmail = (string) $config->get('concrete.email.validate_registration.address'); if (strpos($fromEmail, '@')) { $fromName = (string) $config->get('concrete.email.validate_registration.name'); if ($fromName === '') { $fromName = t('Validate Email Address'); } $mh->from($fromEmail, $fromName); } $mh->addParameter('uEmail', $_POST['uEmail']); $mh->addParameter('uHash', $uHash); $mh->addParameter('site', tc('SiteName', $config->get('concrete.site')));
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That's just what I was looking for. Thank you!
https://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/customizing_c5/add-user-a...
It looks like it's sending the email, but then asking for a password change. I need something similar. Can anyone help me figure out the add_user monitoring that only sends the email verification?