Force Current Members To Fill Out Required Profile Field

So you add a new required profile field, and members who join afterwards are forced to fill out the field, but you want your current members to fill out that field too. Well unless your current members go edit their profile, the new field sits and waits for them to take action. This mod will force your current members to fill out the field by prompting them for action before allowing them to return to normal site use. Here are some further details:

• Install as a vB 3.5.0 product.
• Thanks to wolfyman for this post.
• Thanks to KirbyDE for this post.
• Credit is given to Revan from this post.
• Credit is given to Locutus2999 from this thread.
• Related vB 2.2.x from roxics in this thread.
• Here based off the vB 2.3.x hack by Locutus2999.
• Cost to install this mod is an additional query.
• Support only if/as time available, no guarantees.
• Should you install, say thanks by clicking install.

Remember to set 'Field Required' to 'Yes' and 'Field Editable by User' to 'Yes' for mod to kick in (see profile how-to: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/profile).

Mod Update (03 September 2005):
- changed mod from plugin/hack to product

Mod Update (01 October 2005):
- changed mod to have better output display

Mod Update (10 October 2005):
- changed mod to use required, editable fields

Mod Update (02 February 2006):
- added vB v.3.5.3 force profile update mod

[Nukey]

That gives me an error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /mydir/httpdocs/forums/includes/functions.php(4118) : eval()'d code on line 7

[calorie]

Sorry I can't test right now. What if you move it from global_start to navbits?

[Nukey]

Same type of error again. Oh well. Thanks for trying. If you come up with anything I'll be watching this thread

[Nukey]

Well I use a sort of workaround. I replaced the eval(error message) code and just had it redirect to a page that looks exactly like the error that I made lol

[calorie]

I should have a fix soon, if you can give it a test?

[calorie]

Okay, redownload the attached plugin for use at global_start and let me know if you are missing any part of the page like you were before.

[evss]

Thank You, working prefectly on my forum.

[calorie]

Originally Posted by evss

Thank You, working prefectly on my forum.

Great, glad it's now working.

[Andreas]

Instead of

PHP Code:

$zzz_regex = "(profile|usercp)\.php";
if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && !eregi($zzz_regex,$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))
{ 


why not just

PHP Code:

if (THIS_SCRIPT != 'profile' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'usercp') 


?

Btw: Did you consider releasing this as a Product?
Would make installation and maintenace easier

[calorie]

Thanks Kirby, marked for later...