AUTOJOIN - Auto-entry in membergroup via field in profile

Here's a little something to give back to this community that has been of such help to me.

With this plugin, you can have a user entered into or removed from a secondary usergroup according to several types of controls that can be placed in the user's profile via custom fields. This acts only on SECONDARY usergroups and will not affect the user's PRIMARY usergroup.

At each login, the plugin will check for the appropriate setting in the user's profile, then add or remove the user from the specified membergroup as appropriate. Note that this does not act instantaneously upon entry of the data in the profile, but requires a new login for this to take effect. [Starting with vB 3.6.4 (maybe earlier, I didn't install anything between 3.5.4 and 3.6.4) this will take effect with one or two page reloads.]

Controls currently available:

1) Password for single usergroup
2) Yes/No choice for single usergroup via radio button
3) Choose one of several usergroups via radio buttons
4) Choose any of several usergroups via multiple checkboxes

Note that you may write your own additional controls and use the two included functions to do the actual insertion into, and removal from, the target usergroups.

Tested with vB 3.5.4, 3.6.4, 3.6.7-PL1, 3.8.7PL3 only.

Full instructions are in the downloadable text file autojoin.txt.

Update log:

• 1.00 - Initial release
• 1.01 - Sorts output membergroups numerically plus a few other small changes
• 1.02 - Rewritten using defined functions for adding to, and removing from, memberbgroups. This should make it easier to follow the logic and to adapt the code for other situations (e.g.checkboxes or radio buttons instead of text profile fields)
• 1.03 - InGroup() and OutGroup() functions rewritten to make them more useful when dealing with other situations than the somewhat restricted application of entry/exit of specific membergroup via stored password.
• 1.03.1 - Additional tweaking of InGroup() and OutGroup() functions. Tested extensively and seem to be working as intended. Tested examples of using via radio buttons instead of text field added.
• 1.04 - Added protection against doing anything re user's current PRIMARY usergroup in secondary usergroup list. Functions renamed to IntoGroup() and OutOfGroup().
• 19 April 2006 - all code moved from this thread into the downloadable text file.
• 1.05 - Added control for using multiple checkboxes to choose any of several usergroups.
• 22 May 2007 - tested with vB 3.6.7-PL1
• 24 Sep 2012 - tested with vB 3.8.7-PL3

[makaiguy]

Originally Posted by The Chief

screen shots?

There are no screen shots because nothing is displayed onscreen. It just sets the user's secondary usergroups when he logs on, according to whatever you have set up.

[trigon]

Originally Posted by makaiguy

In AdminCP, when you try to add a person into a secondary usergroup which also happens to be their current primary usergroup it won't let you, so I wrote that same restriction into the code for this plugin.

If you want to change only the primary usergroup, your query needs to update usergroupid instead of membergroupids. Also, since there can only be one primary usergroup, it is a simpler operation because you just reset usergroupid to the new value and don't have to worry about leaving any other primary usergroups alone.

This is untested, but it ought to be at least close to what you need:

PHP Code:

      // Place user in/out of selected single PRIMARY
      // usergroup, according to selection made in profile, via
      // custom radio button field. ver 1.04

      // **************  UNTESTED CODE ****************
      
      // Enter values in the strings below for your forum
        // custom field containing your radio button
           $radio_field = 'fieldX';
        // FIRST radio button option 
           // Text shown in radio button for option
              $choice_text[0] = 'Choice1';
           // Associated usergroup number   
              $ug[0] = 'XX';                     
         // SECOND radio button option 
           // Text shown in radio button for option
              $choice_text[1] = 'Choice2';
           // Associated usergroup number   
              $ug[1] = 'YY';                     
        // add additional radio button choices as needed 
      
      // You don't need to enter anything below here                         
      // Derive additional needed variables
        $userid = ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']); 
        $pgrp = $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'])); 
        $new_pgrp = $pgrp;
        $fieldval = $vbulletin->userinfo[$radio_field];        
      
      // Do the work  
        // Proceed only if there is a user choice
        if ($fieldval != '')
        {
          if($ug[0] != '')
          {
            $iii = 0;
            // Check user choice against possible options
            foreach ($choice_text as $value) 
            {
                // If we have a match, set as new primary usergroup
                if ($fieldval == $choice_text[$iii])
                {
                  $new_pgrp = $ug[$iii];
                } 
                $iii++; 
            } 
          }
          // if new group different than current group 
          if ($new_gprp != $pgrp)
          {
            // Put updated usergroup into database
            $updatefields = $vbulletin->db->query("
              UPDATE user
              SET usergroupid='$new_gprp'
              WHERE userid=$usrid
              ");
          }
        } 


So i must only use this one? or must i something replace from the old one?
(the values i must change, that i have understand )

[makaiguy]

Originally Posted by trigon

So i must only use this one? or must i something replace from the old one?
(the values i must change, that i have understand )

That one only. Edit in your values, and add the third radio button values as before.

[trigon]

thx, m8, installed it, now i must wait until my girls log in

[makaiguy]

Originally Posted by trigon

thx, m8, installed it, now i must wait until my girls log in

You don't have a fake account to test stuff like this on?

[trigon]

tried with a fake account, but it doesnt go. take a look at the code plz:
// Place user in/out of selected single PRIMARY
// usergroup, according to selection made in profile, via
// custom radio button field. ver 1.04

// ************** UNTESTED CODE ****************

// Enter values in the strings below for your forum
// custom field containing your radio button
$radio_field = 'field5';
// FIRST radio button option
// Text shown in radio button for option
$choice_text[0] = 'Weiblich/Bayan';
// Associated usergroup number
$ug[0] = '20';
// SECOND radio button option
// Text shown in radio button for option
$choice_text[1] = 'Männlich/Erkek';
// Associated usergroup number
$ug[1] = '2';
// THIRD radio button option
// Text shown in radio button for option
$choice_text[2] = 'keine Angabe/Bilgi yok';
// Associated usergroup number
$ug[2] = '2';
// add additional radio button choices as needed

// You don't need to enter anything below here
// Derive additional needed variables
$userid = ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid']);
$pgrp = $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid']));
$new_pgrp = $pgrp;
$fieldval = $vbulletin->userinfo[$radio_field];

// Do the work
// Proceed only if there is a user choice
if ($fieldval != '')
{
if($ug[0] != '')
{
$iii = 0;
// Check user choice against possible options
foreach ($choice_text as $value)
{
// If we have a match, set as new primary usergroup
if ($fieldval == $choice_text[$iii])
{
$new_pgrp = $ug[$iii];
}
$iii++;
}
}
// if new group different than current group
if ($new_gprp != $pgrp)
{
// Put updated usergroup into database
$updatefields = $vbulletin->db->query("
UPDATE user
SET usergroupid='$new_gprp'
WHERE userid=$usrid
");
}
}

[makaiguy]

Originally Posted by trigon

tried with a fake account, but it doesnt go. take a look at the code plz:

We've derailed this topic long enough. Taking this to PM.

[SHalliday]

This seems like an awesome hack. So far however I have not been able to get it to work like what I need. After spending the entire day trying different variations I finally decided to ask the experts and post here.

I want members to be able to select one or more public groups to join. I first tried using a multiple-selection checkbox and after not being able to get that to work I setup 7 different single radio button fields and created a different single radio button plugin for each field. That did not work either.

My question is --> Will this work with a multiple-selection checkbox?

I want to create a multiple-selection checkbox and allow members to check off the groups they would like to be a member of. Those that are not checked off, I would like them to be removed from. Can this hack be used to accomplish this?

Appreciate any help and/or assistance you can provide.

Thank you.

[makaiguy]

Originally Posted by SHalliday

My question is --> Will this work with a multiple-selection checkbox?

Sure. It just requires a custom control to interract with the multiple-selection checkbox field. I'm in the middle of sketching it out now. Will be back in a day or two (or sooner if all goes exceptionally well and nothing blows up on my own bbs in the meanwhile).

[SHalliday]

Thank you very much. Looking forward to your custom control script for multiple-selection checkbox field.