Comments on: How to: Add fields to the Joomla registration form

By: sureshbalaji

sureshbalaji — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:53:53 +0000

how to add image upload field in joomla user registration.. please guide me…

By: Arman

Arman — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:25:23 +0000

Hi guys ! I found out how to add a new field in registration form for Joomla 2.5
1. Go to your database and add a new field in table `users`: for exaple `lastname`
2.Then go to xxxxxx/components/com_users/models/forms/registration.xml , where xxxxxx is your root folder.
add this code for last name:

Save It .

3.Then go to xxxxxx/components/com_users/models/registration.php
You should find a function called register
Add this code into that function
$data['lastname'] = $data['lastname'];
(add it after $data['password'] = $data['password1']; near the line 313)
That’s it !
Refresh your page and try it !
It works for me !

By: rijadeja

rijadeja — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:41:18 +0000

How do add fields to Joomla 2.5? There are not available form.php file at /administrator/components/com_users/views/user/tmpl/form.php…. Please help me to solve out this issue.

By: Bhambi

Bhambi — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:10:26 +0000

hey many thanks to you guys Steven and Ray… works like charm… well added a user type dropdown in registration form now i want this user type to be displayed on login module… but can u tell me now how we should login as per user specified ‘user type’ …

By: Anzar

Anzar — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:02:19 +0000

Hi,
great tutorial , guyz plz help me my backend successfully updated with nrew fields but front is nt changing a bit, i tried again nd again , all codes are corrrect but still no new field is added in front end

By: Awais Ahmad (@Awais_Ahmadd)

Awais Ahmad (@Awais_Ahmadd) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:35:45 +0000

Great Tutorial !

Can you plz explain how to do it in joomla 1.7. Because files in joomla 1.7 are completley changed. Can you plz explain it with respect to joomla 1.7.

By: anianitasharmadheeraj

anianitasharmadheeraj — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:36:58 +0000

thank’s for this help

By: Andarc

Andarc — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:11:35 +0000

Hi coders,

I am a newbie but managed to fit a custom registration form in the standard user registration process, and I have found this guide very interesting. My question may look silly, but I am going crazy to find a way to set some fields as not required, but I am not coming out of it. I have already changed the db to accept null values for those fields, but when I try to register, it simply does nothing, unless every field is compiled.

Any (precious, vital, you win) advice?

Thank you all

By: Wayne Grant

Wayne Grant — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:52:19 +0000

I know this is little late, however I have only just come across this tutorial.

i have added to form fields to the user registration form successfully. i would now like to add the extra fields to the email sent to admin.

The fields I have added to the form are, Phone, Mobile, Address, Postcode.

I would like this information to appear in the admin email.

Please help. I have posted this on the joomla forum but no one can help.

By: Makenoiz

Makenoiz — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:30:53 +0000

Steven,
Thanks for this. I use JomSocial 2.2.4 and Jom 1.7. The very first thing the client would like his visitors to see at registration is Gender, Birthdate and County, then followed by the good ol’ standards Name, password etc…

I can think of several ways to theroetically do this: one being Collect the data and write it directly to new fields in jos_users then populate jos_community_fieldsValues . What do you think about this process? Do you think there is a better way? Thanks for your expertise.