There's probably a cleaner approach to what you try to accomplish.
However, Drupal 5 and 6 both allow not only for uids as parameters but
also names, e.g.
user_load(array('name' => $name))
If you are using Drupal 7 there's a similar user_load_by_name.
Regards,
Martin
On 2010-02-26 22:49, Steve Edwards wrote:
I took over a site that uses a custom registration form that directly
calls user_register_submit directly, and I need to have a user role
added to this user when this form is submitted. However, I can't add
the value to $form_state['values']['roles'] because the function
errors out if there is a roles array because it is seen as a
'malicious attempt to alter protected user fields.' Since that
function then calls user_save, it seems that once the user is saved,
I need to 1) load the user I just created, 2) add the role to the
object, and 3) save it again. However, in order to call user_load, I
need the uid, which isn't returned from user_register_submit. The
only logical thing I can think to do is query the users table with
the user name I just created (entered as part of the form), get the
rid, and then call user_load and do my thing.
Is there a better (and easier) way to do this that I'm missing, or am
I on the right track?
Thanks.
Steve
