New members in a different user group than registered

[Logician]

Originally posted by zonegray
Did this go any further? Found this discussion looking for something similar (want to put users in a special group based on a code they enter at registration). Can't seem to find anything in Firefly's released hacks or betas.

Login Admin CP, create a new user profile field, make it invisible to other users, note its id..

Edit register.php, find:

PHP Code:

$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid=2$dotitle WHERE userid='$u'"); 


Replace it AS:

PHP Code:


            $userfields=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM userfield WHERE userid='$u'");
            if ($userfields['fieldX']=='YYY') 
            {
            $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid=Z$dotitle WHERE userid='$u'");
            }
            else
            {
            $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid=2$dotitle WHERE userid='$u'");
            } 


Replace X with your profile field id.
Replace YYY with your secret code
Replace Z with the usergroup id users will be inserted..

This will work provided that:
1- You didnt enable new user moderation
2- You enabled email validation
3- I dont know about COPPA thing but I guess it wouldnt matter..

Not tested but should work..