addNewAccount - additional coding - MediaWiki-l

13 Oct 2008


      Hi,
I am playing with the addNewAccount function in SpecialUserlogin.php. 
The extra form fields that are created need to be e-mailed to a sysop 
and it worked fine for a day, but the mails are not delivered anymore. 
Could someone advice on what the problem might be (except for coding in 
the core)?
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function addNewAccount() {
        global $wgUser, $wgEmailAuthentication;
# Create the account and abort if there's a problem doing so
        $u = $this->addNewAccountInternal();
        if( $u == NULL )
            return;
# If we showed up language selection links, and one was in use, be
        # smart (and sensible) and save that language as the user's 
preference
        global $wgLoginLanguageSelector;
        if( $wgLoginLanguageSelector && $this->mLanguage )
            $u->setOption( 'language', $this->mLanguage );
# Send out an email authentication message if needed
        if( $wgEmailAuthentication && User::isValidEmailAddr( 
$u->getEmail() ) ) {
            global $wgOut;
            $error = $u->sendConfirmationMail();
            if( WikiError::isError( $error ) ) {
                $wgOut->addWikiMsg( 'confirmemail_sendfailed', 
$error->getMessage() );
            } else {
                $wgOut->addWikiMsg( 'confirmemail_oncreate' );
            }
        }
# Save settings (including confirmation token)
        $u->saveSettings();
# If not logged in, assume the new account as the current one 
and set session cookies
        # then show a "welcome" message or a "need cookies" message as 
needed
        if( $wgUser->isAnon() ) {
            $wgUser = $u;
            $wgUser->setCookies();
            wfRunHooks( 'AddNewAccount', array( $wgUser ) );
            if( $this->hasSessionCookie() ) {
                return $this->successfulLogin( 'welcomecreation', 
$wgUser->getName(), false );
} else {
                return $this->cookieRedirectCheck( 'new' );
            }
} else {
# Confirm that the account was created
            global $wgOut;
            $self = SpecialPage::getTitleFor( 'Userlogin' );
            $wgOut->setPageTitle( wfMsgHtml( 'accountcreated' ) );
            $wgOut->setArticleRelated( false );
            $wgOut->setRobotPolicy( 'noindex,nofollow' );
            $wgOut->addHtml( wfMsgWikiHtml( 'accountcreatedtext', 
$u->getName() ) );
            $wgOut->returnToMain( false, $self );
            wfRunHooks( 'AddNewAccount', array( $u ) );
$topic = "Application from user " .  $this->mName ."\n";
$text = $this->mName ." wants ... \n\n";
$text .= "Real name: " .$this->mRealName . "\n";
$text .= "Business name: " . $this->mBusinessName . "\n";
$text .= "Address: " . $this->mAddress . "\n";
$text .= "Business type: " . $this->mBusinessType . "\n";
$text .= "Interests: " . $this->mInterests . "\n";
$text .= "Affiliations: " . $this->mAffiliations . "\n";
$text .= "Specific interests: " . $this->mSpecificInterests . "\n";
$text .= "Published work: " . $this->mPublishedWork . "\n";
mail("myemail@somesite.com", $topic, $text, "From:myemail@somesite.com", 
"-f myemail@somesite.com");
return true;
        }
    }
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Thanks,
Alain