[SOLVED] Is there a "proper" way of adding to a user profile from a form?

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12 years 2 months ago - 12 years 1 month ago #214942 by fribse2011

[SOLVED] Is there a "proper" way of adding to a user profile from a form? was created by fribse2011

We have a website where users can register themselves, when they do that they give the usual info, username, email, fullname, password.
When they want to become members of our diving club, they are asked for at quite extensive set of information, which we then use to sign them up for the danish diving organization.
Currently they then have to enter the same information to their profile on the website.

Is there a 'proper' way of adding this info to their profile, I mean, I can do a SQL query and just push it into the table, but it seems kinda rough.
The form used for them to enter the info in, is Chronoforms, so there are quite a lot of possibilities to do stuff.

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Fribse

Frømandsklubben Nikon, www.nikondyk.dk
We're a volunteer driven diving club in Ishøj, Denmark.
Har du brug for en dykkerklub der rummer alle, så kom ned til os.

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12 years 2 months ago #214984 by krileon

Replied by krileon on topic Re: Is there a "proper" way of adding to a user profile from a form?

Yes, create an extension or CB component plugin that renders a form then does a POST to it self and passes that info to the users profile using CB API. You should never use direct queries unless you absolutely have to. Below is a tutorial on how to load in a user object.

www.allmysocials.com/directory/tutorials/item/232-establishing-user-object

Once you've $user you can change field values using $user->cb_field = 123 then store as needed with $user->store(). I've no idea if Chronoforms is capable of API usage like this however.

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12 years 1 month ago #215354 by fribse2011

Replied by fribse2011 on topic Re: Is there a "proper" way of adding to a user profile from a form?

With the help from the very nice Chronoforms developer, I found out how to put this in the chronoforms (custom code building block).
So I added this code:

Code:

<?php
Global $_CB_framework;
 
$myId	=	$_CB_framework->myId();
$user	=&	CBuser::getUserDataInstance( $myId );

$user->name = $form->data['navn1'];
$user->cb_cell = $form->data['mobil1'];
$user->cb_adresse = $form->data['adresse1'];
$user->cb_postnummer = $form->data['post1'];
$user->cb_birthday = $form->data['foedsel1'];
$user->store();
?>

But when doing that I get an error like this:
Fatal error: Call to undefined method JUser::store() in /administrator/components/com_chronoforms/form_actions/custom_code/custom_code.php(18) : eval()'d code on line 8

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Fribse

Frømandsklubben Nikon, www.nikondyk.dk
We're a volunteer driven diving club in Ishøj, Denmark.
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12 years 1 month ago #215458 by krileon

Replied by krileon on topic Re: Is there a "proper" way of adding to a user profile from a form?

You need to include the CB API first before you can use it. Please see the below tutorial on how to do this.

www.allmysocials.com/directory/tutorials/item/231-include-api-externally

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12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #215461 by fribse2011

Replied by fribse2011 on topic Re: Is there a "proper" way of adding to a user profile from a form?

Ahaaa, THANKYOU!
Now it seems to work properly, GRRRREAT, that's going to save my users some time when they sign up to the diving club.
Now I need to idiot proof it a bit :-D

But that's another story.
The code ended up looking like this:

Code:

<?php
global $_CB_framework, $mainframe;
 
if ( defined( 'JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR' ) ) {
	if ( ! file_exists( JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_comprofiler/plugin.foundation.php' ) ) {
		echo 'CB not installed!';
		return;
	}
 
	include_once( JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/com_comprofiler/plugin.foundation.php' );
} else {
	if ( ! file_exists( $mainframe->getCfg( 'absolute_path' ) . '/administrator/components/com_comprofiler/plugin.foundation.php' ) ) {
		echo 'CB not installed!';
		return;
	}
 
	include_once( $mainframe->getCfg( 'absolute_path' ) . '/administrator/components/com_comprofiler/plugin.foundation.php' );
}
 
$myId	=	$_CB_framework->myId();
$user	=&	CBuser::getUserDataInstance( $myId );

$user->name = $form->data['navn1'];
$user->cb_cell = $form->data['mobil1'];
$user->cb_adresse = $form->data['adresse1'];
$user->cb_postnummer = $form->data['post1'];
$user->cb_birthday = $form->data['foedsel1'];
$user->store();
?>

Best regards
Fribse

Frømandsklubben Nikon, www.nikondyk.dk
We're a volunteer driven diving club in Ishøj, Denmark.
Har du brug for en dykkerklub der rummer alle, så kom ned til os.

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12 years 1 month ago #215473 by fribse2011

Replied by fribse2011 on topic Re: Is there a "proper" way of adding to a user profile from a form?

I just had a thought, as this is a 'dangerous' thing to do, I want to make sure that it's done right.
If another user is logged in when they confirm their signup, then it's that other user that will be updated.
My thought is to compare the currently logged in user's email address with the email address given in the form
Something like this

Code:

if ($juser->email == $form->data['email1']) {
   $user->name = $form->data['navn1'];
   $user->cb_cell = $form->data['mobil1'];
   $user->cb_adresse = $form->data['adresse1'];
   $user->cb_postnummer = $form->data['post1'];
   $user->cb_birthday = $form->data['foedsel1'];
   $user->store();
   };

Or maybe via CB:

Code:

if ($cbUser->getField( 'email', null, 'html', 'none', 'profile' ) == $form->data['email1']) {

Neither of these seems to be 'true' and perform the update.

Best regards
Fribse

Frømandsklubben Nikon, www.nikondyk.dk
We're a volunteer driven diving club in Ishøj, Denmark.
Har du brug for en dykkerklub der rummer alle, så kom ned til os.

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