Add extra fields in joomla registration page

Hello Friends,

Are you looking for adding extra fields in Joomla registration page ? Yesterday i was working with Joomla and wanted to add extra fields in registration page. For this i need to change the core file and that is the last solution as client needs to add two extra fields in registration page at any cost. Here i am showing you the step by step way to add an extra field inJoomla Registration page.

1) Open librariesjoomladatabasetableuser.php file.

Find:

function __construct( &$db )

Replace:

function __construct( &$db )

var $extra1 = null;

var $extra2 = null;

2) Now add this fields in database using below SQL query.

ALTER TABLE jos_users ADD extra1 varchar(255);

ALTER TABLE jos_users ADD extra2 varchar(255);

3) Open administratorcomponentscom_usersviewsusertmplform.php. Add below code for two fields in registration page.

<tr>

    <td width=”150″>

<label for=”extra1″>

    <?php echo JText::_( ‘extra1′ ); ?>

</label>

</td>

<td>

    <input type=”text” name=”extra1″ id=”extra1″ size=”40″ value=”<?php echo $this->user->get(‘extra1′); ?>” />

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width=”150″>

<label for=”extra2″>

    <?php echo JText::_( ‘extra2′ ); ?>

</label>

</td>

<td>

    <input type=”text” name=”extra2″ id=”extra2″ size=”40″ value=”<?php echo $this->user->get(‘extra2′); ?>” />

</td>

</tr>

4) Open componentscom_userviewsregistertmpldefault.php , Add below code where you want to show extra fields.

<tr>

  <td height=”40″>

      <label id=”extra1msg” for=”extra1″>

         <?php echo JText::_( ‘extra1′ ); ?>:

      </label>

</td>

   <td>

       <input type=”text” name=”extra1″ id=”extra1″ size=”40″ value=”<?php echo $this->escape($this->user->get( ‘extra1′ ));?>” maxlength=”50″ /> *

   </td>

</tr>

<tr>

   <td height=”40″>

      <label id=”extra2msg” for=”extra2″>

         <?php echo JText::_( ‘extra2′ ); ?>:

      </label>

  </td>

  <td>

       <input type=”text” name=”extra2″ id=”extra2″ size=”40″ value=”<?php echo $this->escape($this->user->get( ‘extra2′ ));?>” maxlength=”50″ /> *

   </td>

</tr>

5) Copy all files from componentscom_userviewsregistertmpl folder and paste it to your custom theme template(default is “rukhmilkway”) directory. ( templates{custom_theme}htmlcom_userregister )

6) For edit profile of user, Copy all files from componentscom_userviewsusertmpl directory and paste it to  templates{custom_theme}htmlcom_useruser. Now open form.php file and add below code for two extra fields.

<tr>

    <td width=”120″>

        <label for=”extra1″>

            <?php echo JText::_( ‘extra1′ ); ?>:

        </label>

    </td>

    <td>

        <input type=”text” id=”extra1″ name=”extra1″ value=”<?php echo $this->escape($this->user->get(‘extra1′));?>” size=”40″ />

    </td>

</tr>

<tr>

    <td width=”120″>

        <label for=”extra2″>

            <?php echo JText::_( ‘extra2′ ); ?>:

        </label>

    </td>

    <td>

        <input type=”text” id=”extra2″ name=”extra2″ value=”<?php echo $this->escape($this->user->get(‘extra2′));?>” size=”40″ />

    </td>

</tr>

Thats it.

If you find any problem in this than let me know by comment.

[PHP Freelancing India]

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