By tigrezno on

I want to save custom data in user.data table when a new account is created, but after all, i can't do it and there isn't information out there about it.

Do you know what is the way of achieving this?

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tigrezno commented

I used finally hook_user -> REGISTER, that isn't documented in drupaldocs.org.

Just add a hidden form with the variable to the registration form.

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alexis commented

Hi, just wanted to add that if you look in profile.module, in the implementation of hook_user they also use the "register" value of $op for the hook, and later call profile_form_profile() in a switch block from both $op = 'register' and $op = 'form' (actually the parameter is called $type in the code but it's the same referred as $op in the docs).

Then the value of $_GET['q'] is compared to 'user/register' in profile_form_profile() to know if the user is registering or just editing the form.

I hope this helps in better understanding the power of using hook_user.

Regards!

Alexis Bellido - Ventanazul web solutions

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Expier commented

Have the same issue on D5.10. When I tried to add some data in hook_user on $op = 'insert'. Also, I am doing drupal_set_message() in the same $op = 'insert' with $user object, where I can see the field I have added with data. But if I reviewing this field after login under this username/password I do not see data in that field (but field exists, and is empty).

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Expier commented

I use user_save() to add data to $user object. Instead I should use $edit object, that is given to hook_user(). So now it is working, just use: $edit['new_field'] = $new_field_data;

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ac00perw commented

I had similar needs with D6. I wasn't sure how to set custom profile fields.

I got what I needed by adding a custom cck field to my user's profile called 'profile_notes' (go to User Management/Profiles) I made it hidden and only available to admins. Then with hook_form_alter I added my field as a hidden value. If I had data that was sensitive (e.g. 'this user is a bad kisser') I may have taken a different approach. 

function userreg_addon_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
global $user;

    if ('user_register' == $form_id && arg(0)=="newsletter") {

        $form['This Is You']['profile_notes']=Array(
        '#type'=>'hidden',
        '#value'=>'sticker'   
        );
        
    }

Note that I've used arg(0) to determine if ppl are on my custom signup form, the hook_page of which calls the user form and hook_menu sets up the callback. Now I've got a custom signup page and if people sign up through this page I flag them and send them some swag, in this case- a sticker:

  function userreg_addon_menu(){

    $items['newsletter']=array(
	'title'=>"Extra! Extra!",
	'page callback'=>'userreg_addon_page',
	'access arguments'=>array('access content'),
	'type'=>MENU_CALLBACK
	);

return $items;
}

function userreg_addon_page(){

  $page="Get free stuff by signing up here";
  $page.=drupal_get_form('user_register');

  return $page;
 
}