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Changing/removing username to email address, having user confirm email address

@navyspitfire

Participant

8 years, 8 months ago
Hi, in the sign up/registration process, I’m wondering if there is a way to change the username field to be an email field, and the email field to a confirm email field (like with the password).

In the registration/register.php file I see the form code:
```
<label for="signup_username"><?php _e( 'Username', 'buddypress' ); ?> <?php _e( '(required)', 'buddypress' ); ?></label>
<?php do_action( 'bp_signup_username_errors' ); ?>
<input type="text" name="signup_username" id="signup_username" value="<?php bp_signup_username_value(); ?>" />

<label for="signup_email"><?php _e( 'Email Address', 'buddypress' ); ?> <?php _e( '(required)', 'buddypress' ); ?></label>
<?php do_action( 'bp_signup_email_errors' ); ?>
<input type="text" name="signup_email" id="signup_email" value="<?php bp_signup_email_value(); ?>" />
```
I can change the label easily, but am I able to remove the username functionality completely in favor of using the email as the username?

The password/confirm password for/name/id fields are signup_password/signup_password_confirm, can I do the same for email/email confirm?

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@navyspitfire

Participant

8 years, 8 months ago
Figured it out. This snippet of code removes username field and makes the email address the username, and I created a field and used the jquery validation plugin to validate.
```
add_action( 'bp_core_validate_user_signup', 'custom_validate_user_signup' );

function custom_validate_user_signup($result)
{
  unset($result['errors']->errors['user_name']);

  if(!empty($result['user_email']) && empty($result['errors']->errors['user_email']))
  {
    $result['user_name'] = md5($result['user_email']);
    $_POST['signup_username'] = $result['user_name'];
  }

  return $result;
}
```
@augustjohnston

Participant

8 years, 5 months ago

This is exactly the functionality I’m looking for. Can you please describe in further detail how to implement this? did you put this in Functions.php? or what? and how does the jquery validation plugin work in all this? aka step by step please.
thanks!
August

@navyspitfire

Participant

8 years, 5 months ago

Put it in your functions file. md5($result['user_email']) changes the user_nicename to random digits (I ended up removing the md5()).

@augustjohnston

Participant

8 years, 5 months ago

Did you use a child theme for this? any other problems?
can you explain this further “and I created a field and used the jquery validation plugin to validate.”? … not sure what you mean by ‘created a field’ and I’ve never used that plugin… is it required?
Thank you!

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