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Description

Method to bind an associative array of data to a user object

Syntax

bind(&$array)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
&$array		$array The associative array to bind to the object

Returns

boolean True on success

Defined in

libraries/joomla/user/user.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.user.user' );

Source Body

function bind(& $array)
{
        jimport('joomla.user.helper');

        // Lets check to see if the user is new or not
        if (empty($this->id))
        {
                // Check the password and create the crypted password
                if (empty($array['password'])) {
                        $array['password']  = JUserHelper::genRandomPassword();
                        $array['password2'] = $array['password'];
                }

                if ($array['password'] != $array['password2']) {
                                $this->setError(JText::_('PASSWORD DO NOT MATCH.'));
                                return false;
                }

                $this->password_clear = JArrayHelper::getValue($array, 'password', '', 'string');

                $salt  = JUserHelper::genRandomPassword(32);
                $crypt = JUserHelper::getCryptedPassword($array['password'], $salt);
                $array['password'] = $crypt.':'.$salt;

                // Set the registration timestamp

                $this->set('registerDate', JFactory::getDate()->toMySQL());

                // Check that username is not greater than 150 characters
                $username = $this->get('username');
                if (strlen($username) > 150)
                {
                        $username = substr($username, 0, 150);
                        $this->set('username', $username);
                }

                // Check that password is not greater than 100 characters
                $password = $this->get('password');
                if (strlen($password) > 100)
                {
                        $password = substr($password, 0, 100);
                        $this->set('password', $password);
                }
        }
        else
        {
                // Updating an existing user
                if (!empty($array['password']))
                {
                        if ($array['password'] != $array['password2']) {
                                $this->setError(JText::_('PASSWORD DO NOT MATCH.'));
                                return false;
                        }

                        $this->password_clear = JArrayHelper::getValue($array, 'password', '', 'string');

                        $salt = JUserHelper::genRandomPassword(32);
                        $crypt = JUserHelper::getCryptedPassword($array['password'], $salt);
                        $array['password'] = $crypt.':'.$salt;
                }
                else
                {
                        $array['password'] = $this->password;
                }
        }

        // TODO: this will be deprecated as of the ACL implementation
        $db = &JFactory::getDbo();

        if (array_key_exists('params', $array))
        {
                $params = '';
                $this->_params->bind($array['params']);
                if (is_array($array['params'])) {
                        $params = (string)$this->_params;
                } else {
                        $params = $array['params'];
                }

                $this->params = $params;
        }

        // Bind the array
        if (!$this->setProperties($array)) {
                $this->setError("Unable to bind array to user object");
                return false;
        }

        // Make sure its an integer
        $this->id = (int) $this->id;

        return true;
}