adding additional profile features
 

Does a hook exist in the login process to allow me to add things like REAL name, address, city, state, zip, additional preference check boxes etc...

i know there is the user profile features but this only provides a text box

i would like to write this data to a separate table to minimize any VB mods.

Take a look at the registration.php page and you should see what hooks are available.

ok that and a couple articles on hooks has helped. But i still can't seem to find the right one if it even exists.

I can use VB to add the fields i need i just need to find a hook location that will allow me to take that information and populate my custom table after the user hits the complete registration button.

anyone suggest an appropriate hook??

Well, I don't know your mod, but I know I use the register_addmember_complete hook location to add some info to a custom table when I register users.

thanks that hook should work. now to fix my php so it doesn't error out.

is there a readme on how to use hooks??

i want to use this hook

register_addmember_complete

to write additional information into a table.

what i don't understand is how to configure my php page to return back to that spot and continue.

btw: Lynne can you recommend any php books

There are some articles in the articles forums about using the hooks. I haven't really looked at them though. Once you finish doing your code in a plugin, you should go right back to that place in the code where the hook is located (unless you put an exit; at the end of the code).

As for php books, I really can't recommend any. I use google for a lot of help and then just steal my hubbies php books which are sitting around.