Demographics Module
by Matthew McNaney
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Version 1.0
First draft. Demographics is still a fledgling module. For now, I will
cover the basic functionality. The hooks into the User authentication
are not in the first version.
Introduction
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The Demographics module prevents the replication of user information
across several modules.
Registering your Module
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When your module is installed, Demographics will look for a file named
"demographics.php" in your module's conf directory. The file should
appear like the following example from Comments:
Creating a Demographics User Object
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User information is accessed via the Demographics_User class.
PHPWS_Core::initModClass('demographics', 'Demographics_User.php');
The Demographics User does not stand alone. You need to extend it:
class my_object extends Demographics_User {
...
}
Once extended, you select which demographic fields you are going to
access by declaring them as object vars:
class my_object extends Demographics_User {
var $first_name;
}
info_type : The variable data type. Can be text, bool, or int. Default is text.
limit : When the type is 'text',
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