email to welcome new members

hey,

I have been looking for literally hours for this hack, but had no luck.... so I have used some old code and modified it to work.... so, here is what I did for vB version 2.3.2:

in register.php find the following code: (about line 570)

PHP Code:

eval("standardredirect(\"".gettemplate("redirect_registerthanks")."\",\"".iif(strpos($url,"register")>0,"index.php?s=$session[sessionhash]",$url)."\");"); 


(btw... I have guessed at the vb code and php markers.. cos the WYSIWYG editor kept giving me errors when I used the buttons!)

then right above, put:

PHP Code:

//send an email to the new user
eval("\$message = \"".gettemplate("welcomeemail")."\";");
eval("\$subject = \"".gettemplate("welcomeemailsubject")."\";");
        
vbmail ($email,$subject,$message); 


then in the vB admin, create a new template and call it "welcomeemail" and put something like:

Dear $username,
Welcome our Forums! 
message goes here!
Kind Regards,
Your Team

note the single line returns, cos when the email was sent, it put double lines in..?!

then create another template called "welcomeemailsubject" and put something like

Welcome to our Forum!

upload the register.php file and bobs your uncle.... it works!!

(hopefully)!!!

Hope it works for others!

Matt Facer
(mfacer)

[mfacer]

hmm.. looks like vbMail() isnt used... just use another mail function then! replace the vbMail with:

mail ($email,$subject,$message);

and see if that works?

[3DSJFH]

That worked, thanks a lot!

[dave777]

I can't get it to work. I'm using 2.3.2 and have pasted the code exactly as you said mfacer, but no welcome email is being sent.

[stryka]

I don't know how this happend but when i implemented this hack i used a familiar password (12345)... but now... every subsequent new member is sent their password as (12345)... no matter what they entered in the form... ???

And it workz too...

any suggestions will be great... did a SEARCH of my templates to see if i have that hardcoded anywhere and within register.php

no clue..

thanx

[stryka]

Does anyone have any suggestions? I checked the form for hidden values and i don't get nothing?

lemme know... thanx..