Default value in profile fields

Posted by IrnBru001 on February 6, 2007 at 4:51pm

Is there any way to set default values in the fields of a profile?
So when people go to make their profile some fields will already have certain information in them. Say a text box will have a the word "default" in there by default or a checkbox should be checked by default.

Any help would be appreciated.

Comments

Check out

Posted by nofear on February 6, 2007 at 5:51pm

Check out hook_profile_alter

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using hook_profile_alter

Posted by bmango on November 17, 2009 at 12:15pm

see below

I know this is late but

Posted by amaria on July 17, 2008 at 4:01pm

I know this is late but still applies in Drupal 5.x. The answer is to use hook_form_alter for the user_register and user_edit form id's. The hook_profile_alter function is for changing profile fields before they are shown on the page in view mode, not edit or create mode.

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default setting for a profile field: 2 kinds of user names...

Posted by helloari on April 1, 2009 at 9:27am

I want to have a default setting for a profile field. I want it to default to the username. But it needs to be editable by the user.

example: the username is generally "first last" but the profile field will allow another version of the username (that I refer to as "full-name") that could be something more complex and custom "Dr. First x. Last, M.D., Ph.D.")

It's easy to make that profile field but I am not sure how to give it a default setting.

It seems I need to use hook_form_alter but I'm not sure if it will do what I need.

hook_form_alter won't help if field is not in registration form

Posted by mtsanford on June 17, 2009 at 1:20am

All of these comments deal with the *interface*, but don't actually set the value unless the user goes to the user settings form. If you've got a profile field that is not in the registration form, and the user never goes to their settings page, the value will not be set.

My Drupal 6 solution, which should be about the same in D4.7 I believe....

Make a module and put code like this in:

<?php
/*
 * implements hook_user()
 */
function custom_module_user($op, &$edit, &$account, $category = NULL) {
  if ($op == 'insert') {
    // set defaults for profile items.  Profile modules does not support defaults
    db_query("INSERT INTO {profile_values} (fid, uid, value) VALUES (%d, %d, '%s')", YOUR_FIELD_ID_NUMBER, $account->uid, YOUR_DEFAULT_VALUE);
  }
}
?>

YOUR_FIELD_ID_NUMBER you will have to get by peeking in your profile_fields table in your database, and find the fid of the field you want to set a default for.

YOUR_DEFAULT_VALUE will be the string that is the default value. For the original posters question, that would be '1' for a checked checkbox field.

Note: this is only for the fields not in the registration form. Fields in the registration form should be set using hook_form_alter.

How can i set as default

Posted by filpet on July 12, 2009 at 4:22pm

How can i set as default value the User ID and the Date of Registration? (e.g. 298-22.07.06)

Re: hook_form_alter won't help if field is not in registration

Posted by plan9 on July 18, 2010 at 11:29pm

<?php /* * implements hook_user() */ function custom_module_user($op, &$edit, &$account, $category = NULL) { if ($op == 'insert') { // set defaults for profile items. Profile modules does not support defaults db_query("INSERT INTO {profile_values} (fid, uid, value) VALUES (%d, %d, '%s')", YOUR_FIELD_ID_NUMBER, $account->uid, YOUR_DEFAULT_VALUE); } } ?>

This does not work in Drupal 5

Using hook_profile_alter

Posted by bmango on November 17, 2009 at 5:12pm

I also want to set the default value for profile fields.

Has anyone got any sample code for using hook_profile_alter? I have set up a custom module but can't figure out how to use the hook!

Ben

What for D6?

Posted by guntherdevisch on November 21, 2010 at 11:21pm

How can this be fixed in D6?

Thanks,
Gunther