Random Usergroup on registration

Ever wanted to randomly sort your new registrants into seperate usergroups?

Now you can!

Good for Harry Potter themed forums.


Instructions: Create the usergroups you want to randomly sort between and record the usergroupid's for use when installing the hack. Further instructions in TXT file.

File Modifications: 1 (register.php)

Template Mods: 0

Time to install: >2 minutes


Enjoy!

Update: Version 2.0 released
This version incorporates code by True.Rooster which fixes my half-assed attempts at getting the code right. (It's been a while... lol)

To upgrade, reapply the hack.

[Merjawy]

Originally Posted by dstruct2k

Just only put one group, that'd do it.

thnx mate, will try that

[dstruct2k]

Originally Posted by isla142

This doesn't appear to be working. I put it on my site and signed up as a new member, but for some reason they were placed in 'COPPA users awaiting moderation' (group 4)

I had put the four usergroups as 2 (Gryffindor), 9 (Hufflepuff), 10 (Ravenclaw) and 11 (Slytherin). Maybe you need to check your code. I did a straight copy with the numbers changed.

That would be because you're requiring email verification or COPPA registration. This hack doesn't support verification yet.

Originally Posted by integra99

dstruct2k: what is the application of this hack on your site?

No application. Wrote it for someone else.

[isla142]

Originally Posted by dstruct2k

That would be because you're requiring email verification or COPPA registration. This hack doesn't support verification yet.

That's the thing. I don't require e-mail verification or COPPA registration on my site, which is why I needed the original hack that I asked for modified. :disappointed:

[Wifey]

I don't require e-mail, COPPA registration, image verification, nor birthday's ro register. I just changed the not requiring birthday and am hoping that this alleviates the problem I'm having, but for some reason or other a few people have been thrown into that COPPA group up on registration. Any ideas?

Here's my PHP code verbatim from my DB:

PHP Code:

// RANDOM USERGROUP HACK by dstruct2k
// Replace "999" with the usergroupid's of your randomized groups.
// Add extra groups if required.

    $rndgroups = array(
        '10',
        '11',
        '13');
    $rndid = $rndgroups[rand(0,count($rndgroups) + 1) - 1];

    // assign user to group 3 if email needs verification
    if ($vboptions['verifyemail'])
    {
        $newusergroupid = 3;
    }
else
    {
        if ($vboptions['moderatenewmembers'] OR $_POST['coppauser'])
        {
            $newusergroupid = 4;
        }
        else
        {
            $newusergroupid = $rndid;
        }
    }

// END RANDOM USERGROUP HACK by dstruct2k 


[Wifey]

Okay, since I'm wickedly impatient I decided to see about figuring this out on my own. After disabling virtually everything and still having the problem, I realized that the hack was rotating improperly and therefore throwing people into COPPA - problem is, they weren't IN the COPPA usergroup. The query had somehow created a NEW usergroup with no name and no id number that can't be modified. All as a result of a simple -1

So, change:

PHP Code:

$rndid = $rndgroups[rand(0,count($rndgroups) + 1) - 1]; 


to:

PHP Code:

$rndid = $rndgroups[rand(0,count($rndgroups) + 1)]; 


and there should be no more problems.

I tested it no less than 5 times and was able to keep it working even with re-activating my image verification

[bexie]

EXACTLY what I need--is this possible for 2.3.5?

[The Equivocate]

Originally Posted by ashkarita

Okay, since I'm wickedly impatient I decided to see about figuring this out on my own. After disabling virtually everything and still having the problem, I realized that the hack was rotating improperly and therefore throwing people into COPPA - problem is, they weren't IN the COPPA usergroup. The query had somehow created a NEW usergroup with no name and no id number that can't be modified. All as a result of a simple -1

So, change:

PHP Code:

$rndid = $rndgroups[rand(0,count($rndgroups) + 1) - 1]; 


to:

PHP Code:

$rndid = $rndgroups[rand(0,count($rndgroups) + 1)]; 


and there should be no more problems.

I tested it no less than 5 times and was able to keep it working even with re-activating my image verification

Doing that didn't solve the problem.

[Andrew]

PHP Code:

// RANDOM USERGROUP HACK by dstruct2k
// Replace "999" with the usergroupid's of your randomized groups.
// Add extra groups if required.

    $rndgroups = array(
        '10',
        '11',
        '13');

    if (count($rndgroups) == 1)
    {
    $newusergroupid = $rndgroups[0];
    }
    else
    {
        $rndid = $rndgroups[rand(0,count($rndgroups) - 1)];

        // assign user to group 3 if email needs verification
        if ($vboptions['verifyemail'])
        {
            $newusergroupid = 3;
        }
        else
        {
            if ($vboptions['moderatenewmembers'] OR $_POST['coppauser'])
            {
                $newusergroupid = 4;
            }
            else
            {
                $newusergroupid = $rndid;
            }
        }
    }

// END RANDOM USERGROUP HACK by dstruct2k 


Try that there - I've been creating new users for the last 30 minutes and it is working perfectly. I've tested with everything from 1 usergroup to 10 random ones and no errors. All I did was add an if statement that if there is only one automattically sets that as the group otherwise it randomly generates a group. I fixed the random part as well so it wouldn't throw out bad group numbers.

[The Equivocate]

Yep, your fix worked - thanks!

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by The Equivocate

Yep, your fix worked - thanks!

No problem - Glad I could help out !