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<h1>Module HowTo - Account profiles<br>
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Account profiles make it easy to set default values for new accounts
and even to reset an existing account to default values.<br>
Your module should provide the possibility to define default values for
all attributes which do not differ for each account.<br>
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<h2>1. Defining possible profile options<br>
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The first step to account profiles is defining the attributes for which
the user can set default values. You will also have to define the type
(text, checkbox, ...) of the profile options.<br>
The profile editor then will display a fieldset for each module
containing its profile options.<br>
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The profile options are specified with <span style="font-weight: bold;">get_profileOptions()</span>
or <span style="font-weight: bold;">meta['profile_options']</span>.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Example:</span><br
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The <span style="font-style: italic;">inetOrgPerson</span>
module has only two attributes which may be set to a default value: job
title and employee type.<br>
The other attributes are account specific and not useful as profile
options.<br>
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* Returns meta data that is interpreted by parent
class<br>
*<br>
* @return array array with meta data<br>
*/<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">function</span>
get_metaData() {<br>
$return = array();<br>
// profile elements<br>
$return[<span
style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'profile_options'</span>] = array(<br>
array(<br>
0 => array('kind' => 'text', 'text' =>
_('Job title') . ":"),<br>
1 => array('kind' => 'input', 'name' =>
'inetOrgPerson_title', 'type' => 'text', 'size' => '30',
'maxlength' => '255'),<br>
2 => array('kind' => 'help', 'value' =>
'title')),<br>
array(<br>
0 => array('kind' => 'text', 'text' =>
_('Employee type') . ":"),<br>
1 => array('kind' => 'input', 'name' =>
'inetOrgPerson_employeeType', 'type' => 'text', 'size' => '30',
'maxlength' => '255'),<br>
2 => array('kind' => 'help', 'value' =>
'employeeType'))<br>
);<br>
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This defines two text boxes in the profile editor, one for the job
title and one for the employee type.<br>
Your profile options should also provide a help link if the description
of the input element might be not enough.<br>
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<h2>2. Checking user input</h2>
Probably you also want to check if the input data is syntactically
correct.<br>
The <span style="font-style: italic;">baseModule</span> already
provides different checks which can be activated with <span
style="font-style: italic;">meta data</span>. However you can also do
the checking in the module.<br>
Implementing the function <span style="font-weight: bold;">check_profileOptions()</span>
in your module will allow you to do the checks yourself. Basic checks
can be defined with <span style="font-weight: bold;">meta['profile_checks']</span>.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Example:</span><br
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The <span style="font-style: italic;">inetOrgPerson</span> module only
needs some regular expression checks on the input. This can be done by
the <span style="font-style: italic;">baseModule</span>.<br>
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* Returns meta data that is interpreted by parent
class<br>
*<br>
* @return array array with meta data<br>
*/<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">function</span>
get_metaData() {<br>
$return = array();<br>
// profile checks<br>
$return[<span
style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'profile_checks'</span>][<span
style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'inetOrgPerson_title'</span>] = array(<br>
'type' =>
'ext_preg',<br>
'regex' =>
'title',<br>
'error_message' => $this->messages['title'][0]);<br>
$return[<span
style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'profile_checks'</span>][<span
style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'inetOrgPerson_employeeType'</span>] =
array(<br>
'type' =>
'ext_preg',<br>
'regex' =>
'employeeType',<br>
'error_message' => $this->messages['employeeType'][0]);<br>
[...]<br>
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The type <span style="font-weight: bold;">"ext_preg"</span> means that
the <span style="font-style: italic;">baseModule</span> will use the <span
style="font-style: italic;">get_preg()</span> function in <span
style="font-style: italic;">lib/account.inc</span> for the syntax
check. This function already contains regular expressions for the most
common cases.<br>
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<h2>3. Loading an account profile</h2>
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TODO<br>
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