Setting custom userfields

[squishi]

I am in the process of creating an additional registration step to my forum.
I want to set custom userfields in the register_start hook.

Here is what I have:

PHP Code:

//some code

    $vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array(
        'userfield' => TYPE_ARRAY,
    ));

    $userdata =& datamanager_init('User', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY);

    // set profile fields
    $customfields = $userdata->set_userfields($vbulletin->GPC['userfield'], true, 'normal');

//some more code 


My problem is that vb checks for required fields. I've tried using the set_userfields method with 'admin', 'normal' or 'register', but the result is the same.

So how do I set custom fields with regex verification (for security) but without checking if fields are required?

[kh99]

So I'm assuming that the problem is that you only want the regex errors in the error array? Maybe something like:

PHP Code:

//some code 

   function filter_field_errors($params)
   {
       if ($params[1] == 'required_field_x_missing_or_invalid')
           array_pop({$params[0]}->errors);
   }

    $vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array( 
        'userfield' => TYPE_ARRAY, 
    )); 

    $userdata =& datamanager_init('User', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY); 
    $userdata->set_failure_callback('filter_field_errors');

    // set profile fields 
    $customfields = $userdata->set_userfields($vbulletin->GPC['userfield'], true, 'normal'); 

//some more code 


(BTW I haven't tried this at all, even to check for typos).

[squishi]

I did not know about the possibility of a callback.
Just a minute ago, I found the solution to my problem and came here to report back.
I found it in profile.php.

PHP Code:

    $userdata->set_existing($vbulletin->userinfo); 


Needs to be added after the userdata object is initialized.
That way, I do not run into missing username etc. errors.