[MODDB] ACP Add User MOD 1.0.0

[Highway of Life]

Classification: Add-on
phpBB Part: ACP

MOD Name: ACP Add User
MOD Version: 1.0.0
Author: Highway of Life
MOD Description: An Administrator with proper permissions can create a new user account through the ACP.
Notes:

Works with:

• phpBB 3.0 RC1
• phpBB 3.0 RC5

Features:

• Auto Installation: MOD Auto-installs and updates itself, no need for manual SQL queries! (note: does not automatically download an update)
• Easy Installation: One file to edit, copy 4 files.
• Support for multiple forms of user activation depending on board settings.
• Allows Admins to create users and set user registration to (off) effectively creating a private board.
• Support for specific add_user permission for those who want to keep adding users seperate from user administration.
• Support for all *required* profile fields and profile fields set to be shown on registration
• Support for language and birthday settings
• Auto generates a password and emails it to the user.
• If set to user activate, MOD will send the user an activation email containing his username and password as well as the activation key required to activate the account.

Support:
STG Support Topic
phpBB.com Support Topic
phpBBModders Support Topic

Notes: Full support is offered here, phpBBModders.net and on the phpBB.com
Responses will be faster on STG

Language: en-GB [British English]

Licence: GNU General Public License v2

Installation Level: Easy
Installation Time: ~3 Minutes
Format:


Screenshot:

ACP Add User Module Screenshot

Download File:

acp_add_user_mod.zip

ACP Add User MOD 1.0.0

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Beta3 Old Copy:

ACP_add_user_1.0.B3.zip

ACP Add User MOD 1.0.B3

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[Highway of Life]

Roadmap:

Yet to be determined versions will have the following features
Although these are features that can/will be accessible via one page user account creation, it is currently possible to go to the manage users after creating a user with one click. Therefore there is currently no timeframe for adding these features to the MOD.

• Checkbox controlling account activation. =-> User, Instant, Admin
• Drop down menu for additional groups user can be added to...
• All custom groups, Global Moderators, and Administrators
• Multiple groups can be selected
• Ability to select a default group other than Registered Users from this page
• One click to upload Avatar
• Set Special Rank option

If you have any other feature requests, please post them in this topic, and I will add them to the list.

[LiamMac]

When it says MODX, how do I use it? Is it kinda like EasyMOD for 2.0.x to automatically install the MOD? I have always installed traditionally but auto sounds much easier.

[LiamMac]

Ok I got this Error when I added

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include('add_user.' . $phpEx);

to language>en>acp>common.php

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[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /language/en/acp/common.php on line 707: main(add_user.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /language/en/acp/common.php on line 707: main(): Failed opening 'add_user.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php4/share/pear')
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /adm/index.php on line 156: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /includes/functions.php:3264)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /adm/index.php on line 158: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /includes/functions.php:3264)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /adm/index.php on line 159: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /includes/functions.php:3264)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /adm/index.php on line 160: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /includes/functions.php:3264)

[eviL3 Igor]

What the Java.NullPointerException? That would not work, as the path is relative to the script being executed, not the included one. But why not use $user->add_lang() anyway?

EDIT: There's some wierd mac files in the archive, and you have no license.txt in the zip root

EDIT2: Some characters look really messed up... wrong encoding or something?

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   'LOG_USER_ADDED'      => '<strong>New User Added</strong><br />» %s',
   'ADMIN_ACTIVATE'      => 'Activate account',
   'CONTINUE_EDIT_USER'   => '%1$sClick here to the Manage %2$sâ??s profile%3$s',

[Handyman]

This:

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include('add_user.' . $phpEx);

should be:

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include($phpbb_root_path . 'language/en/acp/add_user.' . $phpEx);

or better yet, use an add_lang like evil3 suggested.

[eviL3 Igor]

Handyman, i smell a remote file inclusion vurnablility (for those with register_globals enabled). Those are imo the most dangerous!

[Highway of Life]

Liam, it looks like you don't have add_user.php uploaded to the /language/en/acp/ directory. Double check to make sure it?s uploaded, and clear your forum cache.

Igor, you can?t use $user->add_lang() in this case because the language is needed for several Admin pages...
Modules, Main, and Logs. So it needs to be included with the common, otherwise, it would need to be added to multiple admin pages.
Realistically, I could add the variables to the common.php, but I?m trying to keep as much code out of core as possible, so I used an includes here... I did test it, so I know it works.

#2: What kind of mac files do you speak of?
I used the .DS_Store cleaner... but I?m not aware of any others...

#3 Never needed a license file, the license information is included on each of the files used.
Would there be a reason I need it?

#4 That?s odd... shows up fine for me, double checking the encoding...

?

Okay, just double checked... it is UTF-8... both my editors display it correctly...
What editor did you open that file in?

[Handyman]

Ok, I just tested it.

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include('add_user.' . $phpEx);

does work perfectly? as long as you have the add_user.php in the right place.

[eviL3 Igor]

#1: Okay, i didn't test the include personally, just couldn't imagine it working, but maybe you can explain that to me (i thought it was relative to the file being called, not to the included file?).
But i still don't like having an uninitialized variable in a lang file without IN_PHPBB check (even though $phpEx is much less critical than $phpbb_root_path). IMO the most logical place to put it would be adm/index.php, but that's just a suggestion. Right after:

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// Start session management
$user->session_begin();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup('acp/common');
// End session management

#2: There's 2 folders in the zip root: "ACP Add User 1.0.0" and "__MACOSX", wich includes a folder named "ACP Add User 1.0.0". In there there are the same files like in the correct folder, but the file names are prefixed with "._", for example "._install.xml". Very strange. I'm on windows, using WinRAR.

#3: Because the MOD team requires it.

#4: Opened the file using WinRAR's file viewer, now i checked in ZDE (Zend Development Enviroment), wich doesn't seem to like it. It displayed correctly in PSPad and in Dreamweaver though. Also in notepad, but it didn't like the \n's

Update: I just had to open it in UTF-8 compatibility mode in ZDE, and now it's working. It didn't recognize it automatically... glad i found that