How to automatically send a new user a welcome message

[pachoofoosh]

This code will automatically send new users a welcome message when they register.

Step 1.) Open up register.php. Find the line that looks like the following:

PHP Code:

$document->addLangvar($mysidia->lang->success.$mysidia->input->post("username").$mysidia->lang->success2); 


Step 2.) Right under that line, paste this:

PHP Code:

$pm = new PrivateMessage(); // Send them a welcoming message
                $pm->setsender('YourUsernameHere');
                $pm->setrecipient(htmlentities(addslashes(trim($mysidia->input->post("username")))));
                $pm->setmessage("the message title", "put your welcoming message here");
                $pm->post(); 


[Hall of Famer]

Looks good. Note there is no need to automatically load a class file, as the autoloader will attempt to find the appropriate class file for you.

[pachoofoosh]

Originally Posted by Hall of Famer

Looks good. Note there is no need to automatically load a class file, as the autoloader will attempt to find the appropriate class file for you.

Thanks! I've updated the code now.

[Hall of Famer]

Great, this looks like it will help users a lot.

[AndromedaKerova]

I assume this is incompatible with 1.3.4 because I can't see a $document thing in the register.php

[Kyttias]

I'm not in the best position to test this, but for v1.3.4, open up view/registerview.php, and find:

PHP Code:

if($mysidia->input->post("submit")){
    $document->setTitle($this->lang->success_title);
    $document->addLangvar($this->lang->success.$mysidia->input->post("username").$this->lang->success2);    
    return;
} 


and replace it with:

PHP Code:

if($mysidia->input->post("submit")){
    $document->setTitle($this->lang->success_title);
    $document->addLangvar($this->lang->success.$mysidia->input->post("username").$this->lang->success2);

    $pm = new PrivateMessage(); // Send them a welcoming message
    $pm->setsender('YourUsernameHere');
    $pm->setrecipient(htmlentities(addslashes(trim($mysidia->input->post("username")))));
    $pm->setmessage("the message title", "put your welcoming message here");
    $pm->post();  
    
    return;
} 


Could someone test this?

[AndromedaKerova]

Tested and verified. Good work! Thank you Kyttias!

[Kyttias]

Oh cool! I was wondering how to send PMs to people with the system.

[LUC1G07CH1]

This is pretty old, but i have to say that it works 100% fine here.
Kyttias is just like...my heroine. Now i doesn't need to put the welcome code to random pages.