[SOLVED] Trying to Verify Current Password CB field against Joomla user password

Okay, when I tried this:

I get a value of 1 if I use the matching password. If I change to a non matching value of logged in user for $plainTextPassword, I get no display. So am I correct to assume that a returned value of 1 means that the password is a match?

So am I correct to assume that a returned value of 1 means that the password is a match?

Yes, 1/true is matching 0/false is mismatch. Booleans don't echo as true/false. They'll echo as 1 or null. When debugging always be sure to use var_dump( VARIABLE HERE ); to properly debug output as echo is not accurate to type.

Great! So now the last thing is how can I change the input from displaying the numbers like this:



to be hidden like a typical password field:



I tried creating a cb password field type, but that brought a second field with it.

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Also, for the CB Auto Action Trigger, I have the following conditional:



My thought here is that the trigger will only run the script if the user tries to edit the password field on their profile. When I just tested this I see that the script is running at all profile updates. The trigger is set to fire onBeforeUserUpdate. How can I adjust the conditional to only run if the user is trying to change the password value?

Only password fieldtypes are going to hide the value like that. The password substitution is always going to have a value. It's either going to be plaintext or it's going to be encrypted, but it should always have a value in most cases. To test if the password actually changed you can do the below conditional.

Conditional 1: [var1_password] Not Empty
Conditional 2: [var1_password] Not Equal To [var3_password]

That checks the raw trigger user object password values against one another (var1 is new object, var3 is old object) to test for a change and only if the password isn't null (no change).

That seems to do exactly what I wanted, thanks. So, the only thing is the hidden value of the text input. Is there a way to add custom CSS to hide the input values, or some other option?

Ultimately I need just a single value rather than the 2 that come with a password type. If I use the password type, is there a way to hide the second field? If so, would an error be thrown out since the second field is hidden?

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After researching this a bit, could this configuration be used to hide the field input?

jsfiddle.net/kPJbU/

If so, what is the best way to set the triggers for the jQuery and onClick event?

You can add jQuery to the page using CB Auto Actions and its Code action with Method set to jQuery then use the profile edit display trigger.

For CB 2.0 will review implementing a parameter to disable usage of the verify password field so you can have a single password field as you're needing.