Adding new profile fields to the registration page

phloo · September 2007

Hello, I used the search and read the doc so far but I couldnt find out how to modify the People.Class.UserManager.php to add the new post fields I added to the form in people_apply_form_nopostback.php

The sql date field exists in the database and here's what I've tried to do (not complete..I know)

$BirthdayMerged = "0000-00-00";
if ($SafeUser->BirthDay<1 || $SafeUser->BirthMonth<1 || $SafeUser->BirthYear<1) $this->Context->WarningCollector->Add("Please check your birthdate again.");
$BirthdayMerged = $SafeUser->BirthYear."-".$SafeUser->BirthMonth."-".$SafeUser->BirthDay;

$s->AddFieldNameValue('Birthday', $BirthdayMerged);

but I am getting error messages and the values from the select boxes wont show up.
Any advice, link or comment is appreciated

WallPhone · September 2007

You probably need to do this just above that code:

$SafeUser->BirthDay = ForceIncomingInt('BirthDay', 0);
$SafeUser->BirthMonth = ForceIncomingInt('BirthMonth', 0);
$SafeUser->BirthYear = ForceIncomingInt('BirthYear', 0);

You can use these ForceIncomingX functions to get data from form fields or URL query strings. If you want to see all of them and how they work, they can be found in library/framework/Framework.Functions.php.

phloo · September 2007

Thanks a lot, that looks very promising. Will inform if this was the bit I needed

phloo · September 2007

It worked, had to modify some files to add the birthday option to the registration page.
If anyone is interested, here's my approach (dont have much vanilla experience, so it might be clumsy)

appg\database.php
$DatabaseColumns['User']['Birthday'] = 'Birthday';

library\people/People.Class.UserManager.php

$SafeUser->BirthDay = ForceIncomingInt('BirthDay', 0);
$SafeUser->BirthMonth = ForceIncomingInt('BirthMonth', 0);
$SafeUser->BirthYear = ForceIncomingInt('BirthYear', 0);
$BirthdayMerged = "0000-00-00";
$BirthdayMerged = $SafeUser->BirthYear."-".sprintf("%02d", $SafeUser->BirthMonth)."-".sprintf("%02d", $SafeUser->BirthDay);
if ($SafeUser->BirthDay<1 || $SafeUser->BirthMonth<1 || $SafeUser->BirthYear<1) $this->Context->WarningCollector->Add("Du musst ein korrektes Geburtsdatum angeben.");

themes\people_apply_form_nopostback.php

// BirthDay //
$Select = $this->Context->ObjectFactory->NewContextObject($this->Context, 'Select');
$Select->Name = "BirthDay";
$Select->SelectedValue = ForceIncomingInt('BirthDay', 0);
$Select->AddOption('0','TT');
for($i=1; $i<32; $i++) {
	$d = sprintf("%02d", $i);
	$Select->AddOption($d, $i);
} 
$birthday1 = $Select->Get();

// BirthMonth //
$Select = $this->Context->ObjectFactory->NewContextObject($this->Context, 'Select');
$Select->Name = "BirthMonth";
$Select->SelectedValue = ForceIncomingInt('BirthMonth', 0);
$birthmonths = array("--","Jan","Feb","Mrz","Apr","Mai","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Okt","Nov","Dez");
$Select->AddOption('0','MM');
for($i=1; $i<13; $i++) {
	$m = sprintf("%02d", $i);
	$Select->AddOption($m, $birthmonths[$i]);
}
$birthday2 = $Select->Get();

// BirthYear //
$Select = $this->Context->ObjectFactory->NewContextObject($this->Context, 'Select');
$Select->Name = "BirthYear";
$Select->SelectedValue = ForceIncomingInt('BirthYear', 0);
$Select->AddOption('0','JJJJ');
for($i=(date('Y')-16);$i>=date('Y')-85;$i--) 
	$Select->AddOption($i, $i);
$birthday3 = $Select->Get();			

echo '
<li>
<label for="selBirthday">Birthday</label>
'.$birthday1.'
'.$birthday2.'
'.$birthday3.'
</li>			
';

(including some German fragments)

The only "problem" is/was that the incoming ints function removed the leading zero which is important for a correct date field..

ThaRiddla · September 2007

Would it be possible to transform this into an add-on?

The ability to add custom fields such as this to the application form would be amazing.

Stash · September 2007

Indeed. Extended reg form for Vanilla would be excellent

pbear · September 2007

You mean like the Predefined Attributes add-on?

ThaRiddla · September 2007

exactly!

This is what i've been needing. thank you.

Adding new profile fields to the registration page

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