Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Mass User Creation and Auto Posting

What this is.
This script will allow you to create mass users with just a few customizations (or you can just use the defaults which are pretty good).
You may want to use this to make your forum seem more popular, for testing purposes or any other need.
The username, password and email of each user created will be outputted to your page once created. I recommend you save this for access to the accounts (unless you have the CYB login to user mod).
The username is created by taking a random base name out an array and appending it with numbers.
The password is completely random - alphanumeric.
The email is based on the username with a few more digits added and a random domain selected.

howto install

1. Upload file to your forum root
2. Open yourdomain.com/forum/(usergenerate.php / usergenv2.php)
3. Follow instructions and customize the users to be created.
4. Press submit.

You provide from the following when mass creating users:

• Amount - Only input required. I recommend no more than 50 per time.
• Usergroup - which usergroup all users will be put into.
• Usertitle - the usertitle the users will have.
• Password - If not set a random password will be generated else the same password will be used for all users created.
• Email - If not set an email will be created based on the username else all users will have the same email address (Automatically allows this, no vbulletin option editing required).
• Username generating - How to generate the usernames (default list, your own file or online list).
• Auto posting - Whether or not to post a thread by each user, if selected you can choose whether the post and title come from the default list, your own file or online.

With this info you can either generate the users straightaway or preview the results in a table.
I will add more customizations if requested, but only to those that mark as installed!

I recommend you rename this file as anybody can access it at present.

There may be a few bugs, so please post any you find.

ToDo:

• added!Add an option so that the users will automatically post an introduction.
• added!Add more user names to array.
• added! Add username and email checks so that no duplicate entry errors occur (Unlikely that they will though).
• Add security (Everyone can access this script at the moment).
• added! Style generated results with CSS.
• added! Add javascript functions for ease of use.

You can help by posting arrays of generic usernames.
E.G.

PHP Code:

$user = array('spice', 'magicman', 'badger'); 


If you would like to add to the username array so that the usernames do not seem repetitive please post an array like above with at least 20 usernames in.

[inteller2k7]

Great script, nice work. Question though, if i create 50 users for example, only the first one posts. Any ideas please.

[johnrizz]

It loads fine, its just when I try to create new user. This is what I get when I run the script...
Fatal error: Existing data passed is not an array
Called set_existing in /home/jeepmcom/public_html/includes/functions_databuild.php on line 200
Called build_forum_counters in /home/jeepmcom/public_html/usergenv2forphp4.php on line 432 in /includes/class_dm.php on line 235

[Ryaku]

I found a bug. when the fake users post the intro, their post count stays on 0 which makes it look like they are fake =/ if this can be fixed then this hack would be the best one ever!!

Btw, good job man. love your hack so far but the 0 post should be fixed soon hehe. cheers ^_^

[inteller2k7]

Originally Posted by stone0075

It loads fine, its just when I try to create new user. This is what I get when I run the script...
Fatal error: Existing data passed is not an array
Called set_existing in /home/jeepmcom/public_html/includes/functions_databuild.php on line 200
Called build_forum_counters in /home/jeepmcom/public_html/usergenv2forphp4.php on line 432 in /includes/class_dm.php on line 235

I had a similar problem, try the other php page(usergenv2.php).

[Xandar]

Originally Posted by alexgeek

Want to do a few yourself? I can add them to the online list.

Sure. Give me a way to put the intro in terms of formatting randomizations and such and I'll be glad to.

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by inteller2k7

Great script, nice work. Question though, if i create 50 users for example, only the first one posts. Any ideas please.

I've only had this problem when running it on vbulletin 3.7
Worked on 3.6
I really don't know why that happens but I will find out!

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by Xandar

Sure. Give me a way to put the intro in terms of formatting randomizations and such and I'll be glad to.

Just write some intros and put in some bbcode if you would please.

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by Ryaku

I found a bug. when the fake users post the intro, their post count stays on 0 which makes it look like they are fake =/ if this can be fixed then this hack would be the best one ever!!

Btw, good job man. love your hack so far but the 0 post should be fixed soon hehe. cheers ^_^

Try to update the counters from the admincp.
This shouldn't happen unless you disable post counts for that particular forum.

[TCE Killa]

Great mod, where do you upload the usernamelist.txt file though? I've made a list of usernames but don't where to upload that file to, thanks.

[johnrizz]

Originally Posted by inteller2k7

I had a similar problem, try the other php page(usergenv2.php).

this is what i get when using (usergenv2.php)...

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/**********/public_html/usergenv2.php on line 215