Thanks for you response MichaelH.
Below is the solution I have been working on this afternoon. Thought I would post incase it is of any use to anyone in future. It’s a page template which provides a starting point for building an alternative registation form. This will allow creation of a customised registration form without hacking at the core wordpress files. It is also unaffected by any plugins overiding the default registration page (i.e. Register Plus or Pie Register).
I would welcome any feedback as to how this might be improved.
<?php
/*
Template Name: ALTERNATIVE USER REG
*/
// FUNCTION TO PREVENT DATABASE ATTACK - BEGIN
function check_input($value){
// Stripslashes
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
$value = stripslashes($value);
}
// Quote if not a number
if (!is_numeric($value)){
$value = mysql_real_escape_string($value);
}
return $value;
}
// FUNCTION TO PREVENT DATABASE ATTACK - END
// CHECK TO SEE IF FORM HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
if($_POST['SubmitCheck']==1){
// CHECK TO ENSURE THAT USERNAME & PASSWORD FIELDS HAVE BEEN FILLED IN
if((trim($_POST['UserName'])=="") || (trim($_POST['Email'])=="")){
echo "Please enter a valid Username/Password";
}
else{
//GET VALUES SUBMITTED VIA FORM
$user_name = check_input($_POST['UserName']);
$user_email = check_input($_POST['Email']);
// GET REQUIRED WORDPRESS LIBRARIES
require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/registration.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pluggable.php');
// CHECK WHETHER USERNAME EXISTS
if(username_exists($user_name)){
echo "This username already exists. Please enter another.";
}
else{
// CHECK WHETHER EMAIL ALREADY EXISTS
if(email_exists($user_email)){
echo "This email already exists. Please enter another.";
}
else{
// GENERATE A RANDOM PASSWORD
$random_password = wp_generate_password( 12, false );
//CREATE THE WORDPRESS USER
$user_id = wp_create_user( $user_name, $random_password, $user_email );
// SEND USER AND DATABASE ADMIN THE NOTIFICATION EMAIL
wp_new_user_notification( $user_id, $plaintext_pass );
// THANK YOU MESSAGE
echo "Thank you for registering. Please check your email.";
}
}
}
}
else{
// IF THE FORM HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTED, OUTPUT THE REGISTRATION FORM
echo '<form name="input" action="'.get_permalink().'" method="post">';
echo '<p>Username:<br /><input type="text" name="UserName" /></p>';
echo '<p>Email:<br /><input type="text" name="Email" /></p>';
echo '<input type="hidden" name="SubmitCheck" value="1" />';
echo '<p><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></p>';
echo '</form>';
}
// By James Alex Hall at https://www.jamesalexhall.co.uk
?>
