By sluggo on

hi, i am working on a developing a website in drupal 7...
i have a doubt that should i change the database using db queries in my own custom module, or should i call any function in existing modules which can do so???

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vm’s picture

vm commented

depends on what you are doing. To answer this question more context is needed.

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sluggo commented

for eg: i want to add a new field to a login form. i made a custom module to do that. should my module handle database using database queries or should i call any function in existing modules which can do so(which can add the tables or fields required and manage them automatically)???

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jaypan
Location Victoria, BC
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Drupal 7 core already provides the ability to add fields to the user profile. You don't even need a custom module for this. Navigate to admin -> Configuration -> People -> Account settings, and click the 'manage fields' tab.

If you need different user types, check out the profile2 module.

Contact me to contract me for D7 -> D10/11 migrations.

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sluggo commented

@Jaypan: thanx :-)

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yashdv commented

I am having a similar problem. I want to know how can we use the newly added field in validating the log in of any user. I mean a successful log in should occur only if the all the three parameters (username, password, "new field") are correct and correspond to each other.

Can this be done using alter/hooks or modifying the core "user" modules ?

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chrisrockwell commented

Have you reviewed http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!database!database.inc/7