TCadmin username = email in WHMCS

[Darrylglenn]

Hello,

 

Im using TCadmin_advanced.

At this moment WHMCS creates a username based on front and lastname

What I would like is that the login for WHCMS and TCadmin are the same.

 

So the userID in TCadmin must be the email I fill in on WHMCS>

 

I changed

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = $params["Username"];

to:

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = $params["email"];

 

But this won't work..

 

Any ideas?

[dimitrifrom31]

I may be wrong but that question should be asked on WHMCS forums

 

altho sum1 in here might be able to help you too.

[Santino Cid]

Try using:

 

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = $params["clientsdetails"]["email"];

[sgservers]

did this work?

[Steven Crothers]

That won't work, its to long.

[Santino Cid]

I have not tested it, but there is no reason it shouldn't.

 

Just replace line 114 in your default_values.php with the one I supplied.

[Steven Crothers]

It wont work, emails are to long, which is the reason why it shouldn't work.

 

Maximum login box size: 123456789123456 = 15 characters.

 

The email would have to be 15 characters or less....

 

So like I said, it wont work.

[Admin-Nation-Servers]

Can't you just edit the tcadmin template to change the size?

[Santino Cid]

You can edit that, but that just makes stuff more complicated.

 

What you can use is first initial last name.

 

To take care of the size limit it will trim from the end of the last name. Here's the code:

 

$un = $params["clientsdetails"]["firstname"]{0}.$params["clientsdetails"]["lastname"];
$billing_api_values["user_name"] = substr("$un", 0, 15);

 

It's not exactly what you want, but it will make your TCAdmin a little tidier and easier for you to find servers for clients and such.

 

Or just trim the email if you like:

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = substr($params["clientsdetails"]["email"], 0, 15);

[Steven Crothers]

Can't you just edit the tcadmin template to change the size?

No, you cannot. Please investigate the database schema for more details.

 

Needless to say, when I say its impossible its after quite a bit of research, I'm not just saying its impossible for no reason.

 

First letter, than last name would work - but in some cases it would indeed need to be trimmed.

 

I personally like ID numbers.

[Santino Cid]

IDs are nice and not easily guessable.

 

I'm sure it's passed in the params array from WHMCS, but I would not know what the key name is for it. You would need to ask the WHMCS people or guess it.

 

Going on from what Steven noted: You can edit that field in the template, but the column in MySQL is probably set to a 15 character VARCHAR. Then you would need to make changes in the admin part and so on. Like I said, complicated and unnecessary.

[DougK94]

And if playing with the MySQL character lengths, you may cause problems down the road with upgrades.

[Darrylglenn]

Thanks for all the reactions.

 

I made a support ticket if the lenght could be changed.

 

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Luis Alvarenga

Staff Posted: 2009/11/24 09:27

In TCAdmin 2 you will have a longer user id.

 

Luis Alvarenga

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Does anybody know when it will be released?

 

IDs are nice and not easily guessable.

 

How do I use ID's, the username is now based on front and last name..

 

Thanks!

[Darrylglenn]

How do I use ID's, the username is now based on front and last name..

 

Can someone answer this question?

 

I tried:

 

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = $params["Userid"]

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = $params["clientid"]

[Darrylglenn]

Nobody?

[Santino Cid]

I'm sure it's passed in the params array from WHMCS, but I would not know what the key name is for it. You would need to ask the WHMCS people or guess it.

 

They will be able to help you more than we probably can.

[kuzmi4]

Can someone answer this question?

 

I tried:

 

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = $params["Userid"]

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = $params["clientid"]

 

Use:

 

$billing_api_values["user_name"] = $params["clientsdetails"]["userid"];