[support] Create User Account In A Blocked State

[chocba]

Thanks Jamie. The snippet works.


Jamie Holly wrote:
> 
> You want hook_user. Something like this:
> 
> function mymodule_user($op, &$edit, &$account, $category = NULL) {
>     //Check for administer users access and have them bypass this if 
> necessary
>     if ($op=='insert' && !user_access('administer users')){
>        if ($edit['my_field_name']!={whatever that should be}){
>           $account->status=0;
>           db_query("UPDATE {users} SET status=0 WHERE 
> uid=%d",$account->uid);
>     }
>     unset ($edit['my_field_name']); //Do this so it doesn't save the 
> value in $user->data;
> }
> 
> Not tested, but you should get the gist of what I'm doing there. $edit 
> will contain the $form_state['values'] so you can do the checks against 
> that. Just be sure to unset it when done. If the check fails update the 
> db, setting their status to 0 and also set the $account->status to 0, 
> that way they won't get an approval email, but rather one stating that 
> their account has to be approved by an admin.
> 
> Jamie Holly
> http://www.intoxination.net 
> http://www.hollyit.net
> 
> 
> 
> chocba wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I would like to  perform  a validation on a profile field dispalyed in
>> user
>> registration. If this validation fail, I would like to create the user
>> account and set his state to blocked. If success, then the user will
>> remain
>> as active. Please hlep me how can I achieve this functionality. Right
>> now,
>> I'm performing the validation implementing hook_user in profile module.
>> But
>> how do I make the user status as blocked instead of active, if the
>> profile
>> field validation fails? 
>>   
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