Tom's Life Bits

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===== Drupal Tips =====

Some hints, tips and code samples for managing and extending Drupal.\\

===== Cron =====

* [[Using Cpanel to setup tasks]]

===== Directory Structure =====

* {{ ::basic_directory_structure_of_a_drupal_7_project_drupal.org_2017-11-28_9_06_50_am_.htm |Directory structure of Drupal 7}}

===== Externally Managing Users & Roles =====

* {{ ::7_-_how_can_i_run_php_code_without_writing_a_module-_-_drupal_answers_2017-08-04_1-01-22_pm_.htm |Run PHP without a Drupal module}}
  * {{ ::7_-_create_a_user_programmatically_and_give_they_a_role_-_drupal_answers_2017-08-04_12-47-53_pm_.htm |Programmatically creating Users and giving them Roles}}
  * {{ ::solved--_programmatically_add-update_users_using_user_save_-_drupal.org_2017-08-04_12-43-42_pm_.htm |Programmatically add-update Users with User_Save}}
  * {{ ::create_a_node_in_code_-_drupal.org_2017-08-05_12-51-44_pm_.htm |Create a node in code}}
  * {{ ::add_php_code_to_the_body_of_a_drupal_7_block_-_drupal.org_2017-08-05_12-54-51_pm_.htm |Add PHP Code to the body of a block}}
  * [[drupal: External PHP scripts using Drupal APIs]]
  * {{ :create_a_user_account_in_drupal_7_programmatically_-_code_karate_2017-08-13_9-39-17_am_.htm |Create User Account Programmatically}}
  * {{ ::programmatically_assign_roles_to_users_in_drupal_-_befused_2017-08-16_9-02-01_am_.htm |Assign Roles to Users Programmatically}}
  * {{ ::how_to_assign_role_with_php_in_drupal-_-_stack_overflow_2017-08-16_9-23-10_am_.htm |Assign Role with PHP (Stack Overflow)}}
  * {{ ::reading_.csv_into_a_php_array_-_stack_overflow_2017-08-17_8-16-51_am_.htm |Read CSV into PHP array (Stack Overflow)}}
  * {{ ::how_to_extract_data_from_csv_file_in_php_-_stack_overflow_2017-12-01_8_23_15_am_.htm |Howto Extract Data from CSV file}}
  * {{ ::where_to_put_custom_php_code_functions-_-_drupal.org_2017-08-18_8-47-28_am_.htm |Where to put custom php functions}}
  * [[Adding Custom PHP to Drupal chron directory]]
  * {{ ::user_globals.php_drupal_7.x_drupal_api_2017-12-01_9_44_18_am_.htm |Documenting the Global $user object}}

===== Moving A Site =====
  * {{ ::how_to_move_a_drupal_site_to_a_new_host_without_going_crazy_juliakm_2017-08-06_8-23-16_am_.htm |Moving Drupal without Going Crazy}}

===== Programmatically create Drupal user and then store UID of new user =====
While looking for a means of extracting a userid from an account I came across the following article:
  * {{ ::php_-_programmatically_create_drupal_user_and_then_store_uid_of_new_user_-_stack_overflow_2017-12-04_8_02_35_am_.htm |Create drupal user and then store UID of new user}}\\

From the article I came up with the following PHP to obtain a uid from a name.  The delete_user needs a uid so this was my way of getting the uid.\\
     $account = user_load_by_name($name);
     $uidn = $account->uid;

===== Updating Custom User fields =====
I added a custom field to the user object and needed a way to programmatically put data into that field.  I found the following code on Drupal:

$user_fields = user_load($user->uid);    
     $user_fields->field_points['und'][0]['value'] = $points;
     user_save($user_fields);
     
This comes from the following Drupal page:
  * {{ ::updating_user_fields_in_drupal_7_-_drupal_answers_2017-12-03_1_36_46_pm_.htm |Updating User Fields in Drupal 7}}

The actual code that worked retrieved a user, updated the field and then saved it back follows.  The field name is 'field_lname.

$field_data = 'Glembocki';
     $name = 'tomg';
     $user_fields = user_load_by_name($name);
     $user_fields->field_lname['und'][0]['value'] = $field_data;
     user_save($user_fields);

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