Random Usergroup on registration

Ever wanted to randomly sort your new registrants into seperate usergroups?

Now you can!

Good for Harry Potter themed forums.


Instructions: Create the usergroups you want to randomly sort between and record the usergroupid's for use when installing the hack. Further instructions in TXT file.

File Modifications: 1 (register.php)

Template Mods: 0

Time to install: >2 minutes


Enjoy!

Update: Version 2.0 released
This version incorporates code by True.Rooster which fixes my half-assed attempts at getting the code right. (It's been a while... lol)

To upgrade, reapply the hack.

[assassingod]

Nice

[Reeve of shinra]

Pretty cool.

[KW802]

Would there then be an easy way for the user to change their group post registration? I could see something like this hack being fun for RPG type sites.

[Merjawy]

Nice indeed

but I don't want to do a random thningy I want to simply make new users register into a usergroup of my choosing, not the default usergroupID 2 , can I do that with this?

thnx

[nighteyes]

Do you have a script to automatically assign random usersgroups to existing members too (excluding moderators and admins)? So you can run the script once.... everyone would be assigned a certain group, then randomly add people to new groups as they register.

[dstruct2k]

Originally Posted by Merjawy

Nice indeed

but I don't want to do a random thningy I want to simply make new users register into a usergroup of my choosing, not the default usergroupID 2 , can I do that with this?

thnx

Just only put one group, that'd do it.

Originally Posted by nighteyes

Do you have a script to automatically assign random usersgroups to existing members too (excluding moderators and admins)? So you can run the script once.... everyone would be assigned a certain group, then randomly add people to new groups as they register.

No, I don't, as I coded this for a request, not for my own usage.... I think one could be written though, I just will have to find time... They gave me shifts every day this week at work so I'll be hard-pressed for time.

[integra99]

dstruct2k: what is the application of this hack on your site?

[b4ne]

Coudl this be changed so that the user has some otions like

1
2
3

and whatever option he chooses when register he gets put into a specific usergroup ?

[isla142]

This doesn't appear to be working. I put it on my site and signed up as a new member, but for some reason they were placed in 'COPPA users awaiting moderation' (group 4)

I had put the four usergroups as 2 (Gryffindor), 9 (Hufflepuff), 10 (Ravenclaw) and 11 (Slytherin). Maybe you need to check your code. I did a straight copy with the numbers changed.