Hook profile_updatepassword_start

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Hey all,

Kind of stuck on an issue I cannot seem to get around. At this hook location, I have code in a plugin to update an external member account database for the main site. It will change the email/password on the main site as well as the forum.

The problem I'm having is I'm trying to use the variable $vbulletin->GPC['newpassword'] (the clear text version of the inputed password but it is empty. I've tried setting a variable $plain_newpassword = $vbulletin->GPC['newpassword']; since the code launches before it goes through the hashing process but it is still empty. How is this possible when after this hook, it actually verifies $vbulletin->GPC['newpassword'] is not empty before it hashes it? Any way I can grab the posted clear text password so I can store it in a variable? This is really starting to bug me lol. $_POST['newpassword'] obviously will not work, also tried using $p to no avail. Have no problem with $vbulletin->GPC['email'] showing up on the db edit, exactly how you expect it to work. Oh and I can $vbulletin->GPC['newpassword_md5'] with no problem too, what the heck?

The hook is located in ./profile.php.

Can anyone shed some light on this? I just need a variable to be set with a clear text password when someone updates their password and email.

Thanks in advance!