Hello.

I managed to add a new custom field to a user called "Poste".
Here's what I did :

1 - Opened the "auth/user.php" file, and under the "KUser" class, I have added a new variable named "$poste", being equal to ''. So it looks like this :

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class KUser{
        var $id = -1;
        var $name = '';
        var $title = '';
        var $password = '';
        var $email = '';
        var $poste = ''; 
...

2 - In that same file, I went to the "populate_fields" function at line 94, then added a line in the "$fields" array, so it looks like this:

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           $fields = array(
                        'name'=>$FUNCS->t('user_name'),
                        'title'=>$FUNCS->t('display_name'),
                        'email'=>$FUNCS->t('email'),
                        'poste'=>$FUNCS->t('poste'),
                        'access_level'=>$FUNCS->t('role'),
                        'disabled'=>$FUNCS->t('disabled')
                        );

3 - Went to line 108, in that "foreach( $fields as $k=>$v )" loop, and at around line 130, I have added a condition for the "poste" variable/field. It looks like this:

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                if( $k=='name' ){
                    $field_info['k_desc'] = $FUNCS->t('user_name_restrictions');
                    $field_info['validator'] = 'title_ready|min_len=4|max_len=255';
                }
                elseif( $k=='email' ){
                    $field_info['validator'] = 'email';
                }
                elseif( $k=='poste' ){
                    $field_info['validator'] = 'min_len=1|max_len=10';
                }
...

4 - Went to line 283, in the "if( $this->id == -1 )" condition, and added my "poste" variable there too, inside the array at line 284:

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               $rs = $DB->insert( K_TBL_USERS, array(
                                              'name'=>$name,
                                              'password'=>$hash,
                                              'registration_date'=>$FUNCS->get_current_desktop_time(),
                                              'email'=>$email
                                              'poste'=>$poste
                                              )
...

5 - Then, I went in phpMyAdmin, in the "couch_users" table, clicked on the "Structure" tab, and added 1 column named "poste", with a type of "varchar(255)", collation of "utf8_general_ci, null of "yes", default of "NULL". It looks like this:


6 - When that was done, a "k_poste" field was added to the Users edit page, and I was able to enter whatever I want, click save to save it, and display this information anywhere on the site.

My issue, is that I cannot edit passwords for a user, or create new users and saving the password now.
When I fill the form to create a new user, I will receive the success message, but when I try to log in using the username and password, it doesn't work. I had some trouble at first when doing this, and I think that what it does is that there is a mis-alignment with the fields in Couch, and the database table. Not sure though.

Anyone knows what is causing my issue? Maybe I forgot to add something, or I entered the wrong data somewhere.
I was pretty proud of being able to add that field to each users, since I'm not a PHP coder. But now I need some help.

Thanks a lot!

[KK]

Hi,

Instead of making direct changes to the core files, the recommended method of adding new fields to users is through the 'extended-users' module.
Please see
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8581
https://www.couchcms.com/docs/extended- ... s/post.htm

Hope it helps.

Thanks KK, but this is to make front-end users right?
I need to add a custom field to admin users. The ones that logs in the admin panel.
Will it work with what you have linked?

[KK]

It will work with all kinds of users (including super-admin).

The limitation that you probably have in mind is that any user created from the front-end (i.e. using the 'registration' feature) are automatically placed in a group that does not have access to the admin-panel.

There is no such limitation on an account created from within the admin panel by admin/super-admin (which is how I think you plan to create the accounts).

I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
I can create users that have backend access using that registration feature? With different roles?
My first step is to add that custom field, and next up, I will need to display different data in the admin panel, depending on who's logged in. Is that also something that would work fine using your suggested feature?

Thanks

[KK]

I suggest you please try the extended-users feature first-hand on a test installation.
See for yourself if it suits your use-case or not.