Adding a new entry to the registration form

[ghost]

Hello,

UserFrosting has helped me build a website in no time and I was able to easily tailor it for my needs for which I thank you, however I'm now stuck at trying to add a new user input in the initial registration form. My php knowledge is really basic but I'd like my users to be able to enter their website URL at registration and have it be retrievable from the database (say in their dashboard).

I created a new field in my _users table named url and then tried to follow #120 which seemed like almost the same issue however after I edited the files I get a

Parameter url must be specified!

when I press the Register button.

What is the correct procedure in implementing something like this?

[lilfade]

We'd have to see your code to know what your doing, if you fork the repo and commit your changes to your repo we could help you out pretty fast. If you post your code on here that would help as well.

We really should add something to the wiki on this @alexweissman lol

[alexweissman]

Hi @hontoaishiteru, it sounds like you're on the right track. It sounds like that error is being thrown in api/create_user.php, probably because you added a line like:

$url = $validator->requiredPostVar('url');

The problem is that, as it is written right now, register.php is requiring that we explicitly state each field name that is to be POSTed. So, you need to add the line:

url:        form.find('input[name="url"]' ).val(),

After line 175 of register.php, in the Javascript. Sorry about that, this is something we need to fix. Form data should totally be automatically serialized so that you don't have to muck around in the JS.

[ghost]

Awesome, it was exactly that line in register.php that was missing. I changed the permissions so users can update their website url in their profile and now everything seems to be working. I also went ahead and edited the install_db.php and made a new install so that it automatically adds the new url field at installation.

Thanks again @alexweissman and @lilfade.

[r3wt]

@alexweissman

$('#foo').submit(function(){
     var QueryString = $(this).serialize();
});

[alexweissman]

Nice! Yup, serialize is the way to go. Actually, it already is getting used in widget-users.js, I guess I forgot to update it in register.php.

[alexweissman]

Ok, register.php now uses the serialize function to post form data. Also, I've created a guide for adding new user fields here:
https://github.com/alexweissman/UserFrosting/wiki/How-to-add-a-new-user-field