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Require Age for new members · **Released**: 01-13-2006

A few people asked for this in the mod requests and i wanted it myself but couldnt find it , so i did a bit of messing about and came up with this ... pretty easy and seems to have done the job

Ive run this on vBulletin 3.0.6 , but i dont see any issues on any other versions - ill give a little support , but im not always on here so it wont be major stuff.

Open register.php and find (roughly line 240) :

Code:

// check for missing fields
if (($_POST['coppauser'] AND empty($_POST['parentemail'])) OR empty($_POST['username']) OR empty($_POST['email'])  OR empty($_POST['emailconfirm']) OR (empty($_POST['password']) AND empty($_POST['password_md5'])) OR (empty($_POST['passwordconfirm']) AND empty($_POST['passwordconfirm_md5'])))
{
	eval('$errors[60] = "' . fetch_phrase('fieldmissing', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
}

under that add in :

Code:

// check for empty year
if (empty($_POST['year'])
{	
	eval('$errors[60] = "' . fetch_phrase('yearmissing', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
}

// check member is under 100 years old (ish) (some people put in 0000 into year)
if (($_POST['year'])<1910)
{
	eval('$errors[60] = "' . fetch_phrase('yearmissing', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
}

Then go to Phrase Manager and add in : Make sure of the phrase type

Code:

Phrase Type : Front End Error Messages	
Varname : yearmissing	
Text :  You have ommited the year from the registration process - this field is required on this website and may request verification.

and edit : enter_birth_date_controls
to something like

Code:

Adding your date of birth here will enable other forum visitors 
will be able to see your birthday on the forum calendar and for 
you to get birthday e-mails. This is a required Field for the site 
and must be filled in with correct information.

and thats pretty much it - your done once you upload the register.php - all members will now need to fill in the year section - though they can still lie about their age , but nothing we can do about that !

Snake · #2 01-14-2006, 03:49 PM

Thanks!

/me clicks on install

DjTaz · #3 01-14-2006, 09:28 PM

Aftermath - i see ur boards version says 3.5 .. can you let me know if it works on 3.5 as well please ? I havent tested it on that.

Also make sure that the REQUIRE BIRTHDAY is ticked in the VB Admin - Vbulletin Options - Registration Options.

*fingers crossed*

DjTaz · #4 02-22-2006, 08:21 AM

Ok just added a little bit to make sure sign ups dont put in 0000 into the year

djtheropy · #5 03-27-2006, 01:01 PM

i have tried getting this to work on my 3.5.4 but it appears the way the code is written between the 2 versions is set out differently

here is how 3.5.x checks for missing fields

Quote:

// check for missing fields
if (empty($vbulletin->GPC['username'])
OR empty($vbulletin->GPC['email'])
OR empty($vbulletin->GPC['emailconfirm'])
OR ($vbulletin->GPC['coppauser'] AND empty($vbulletin->GPC['parentemail']))
OR (empty($vbulletin->GPC['password']) AND empty($vbulletin->GPC['password_md5']))
OR (empty($vbulletin->GPC['passwordconfirm']) AND empty($vbulletin->GPC['passwordconfirm_md5']))