E-mail field (read only)

By Vahan Sargsyan on 4 Apr 2013 at 07:37 UTC

Hi everyone,

How can I lock the default e-mail field (make it read only), so that users will not be able to change their e-mail addresses after registering.

Thanks

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dotpex commented 4 April 2013 at 09:11

In you custom module put:

function YOUR_MODULE_form_user_profile_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
	$form['account']['mail']['#disabled'] = TRUE;
}

This will not work because

Ayesh commented 4 April 2013 at 09:13

This will not work because when the field is disabled, browser does not send the value back, triggering a "Email field is required" error.
If you set #disabled, set #value as well.

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dotpex commented 4 April 2013 at 14:57

Already using it.

There was a module to prevent

Ayesh commented 4 April 2013 at 09:12

There was a module to prevent users from editing certain fields, including email and password but I couldn't find that right now. See modules list.

Alternately you can use Email Change Confirmation module so everytime the user changes his email address, they have to verify it.
http://drupal.org/project/email_confirm

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