Use UID as username instead of email

This would be a great new feature! Having option to use UID or UID as 7 digit number etc; ie 0000001, 0000002, 0000003...

I've only used the D6 version, but here is the way to do it with this version. (In a custom module)

<?php

/**
 * Implementation of hook_email_registration_name();
 *
 *  Generates a user name based on the user uid of the
 *  new user.
 */
function HOOK_email_registration_name($edit, $account) {
  // sprintf pads the number to a length of 7 characters
  // e.g. uid = 25 becomes 0000025
  return 'Add a prefix here'. sprintf('%07s', $account->uid) .'or a suffix';
}

?>

If this works in Drupal 5, change the component of this issue to "Documentation" and status to "Needs work"

:)

Hello Alan D.
I also use D6 - if I activate a custom module with the above code now, but already have members on my site, will the current user's usernames change as well? If not, how can I get all current and new users to go with the username=uid rule?
Thanks for your help.

you would need to add an update script or do a manual sql query.

In the file HOOK.install (HOOK for module name)

Never run and is not been tested!!!!

<?php

function HOOK_update_6000() {
  $ret = array();
  // Notice that the uid > 1 prevents this from changing the admin username
  $q = db_query("SELECT uid, name FROM {users} WHERE uid > 1");
  while ($account = db_fetch_object($q)) {
    $name = HOOK_email_registration_name(array(), $account);
    db_query("UPDATE {users} SET name = '%s' WHERE uid = %d", $name, $account->uid);
  }
  return $ret;
}


?>

Two other issues found:

1. The early emails will also have the wrong user name too.
2. The path alias is also generated incorrectly using the old name.

can someone please help to make this feature work in the latest D6 dev?
thanks!

kindly bumping to be considered as a new feature in Email Registration where options for the username can be pre-determined.

It's possible to do this yourself with a custom hook_email_registration_name in a site-specific module.

I don't think this makes sense for the module itself to do.