Confirm Email before Edit
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I received a question about forcing a user to confirm their email before allowing them to edit, so I created this hack. It adds the user to the group "unconfirmed" and checks that group before allowing them to edit. Once they click the confirmation link in their email, the user is removed from the "unconfirmed" group. --MHart 15:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Add a variable to LocalSettings.php for easy on/off[edit]
$confirmforedit = true;
Create the group when necessary in User.php[edit]
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function sendConfirmationMail() {
then find the OLD code:
global $wgContLang; $url = $this->confirmationTokenUrl( $expiration );
and replace with this NEW code:
global $wgContLang; # BEGIN added section global $confirmforedit; if ($confirmforedit) { if (in_array('unconfirmed',$this->mGroups)) { } else { $this->addGroup('unconfirmed'); } } # END added section $url = $this->confirmationTokenUrl( $expiration );
Check for the group when editing in User.php[edit]
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function isAllowed($action='') {
then find the OLD code:
$this->loadFromDatabase(); return in_array( $action , $this->mRights );
and replace with this NEW code:
$this->loadFromDatabase(); # BEGIN added section global $confirmforedit; if ($confirmforedit) { if (in_array('unconfirmed',$this->mGroups)) { if ($action == 'edit') return false; } } # END added section return in_array( $action , $this->mRights );
Reset the group once the email has been confirmed in SpecialConfirmemail.php[edit]
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function attemptConfirm( $code ) {
then find the OLD code:
if( $user->confirmEmail() ) { $message = $wgUser->isLoggedIn() ? 'confirmemail_loggedin' : 'confirmemail_success'; $wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg( $message ) ); if( !$wgUser->isLoggedIn() ) {
and replace with this NEW code:
if( $user->confirmEmail() ) { $wgUser->setLoaded( false ); # ADDED LINE $wgUser->loadFromDatabase(); # ADDED LINE (without these two first lines, # saveSettings in removeGroup erase the mail confirmation timestamp Thetiti42 14:09, 30 March 2007 (UTC)) $message = $wgUser->isLoggedIn() ? 'confirmemail_loggedin' : 'confirmemail_success'; $wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg( $message ) ); $wgUser->removeGroup('unconfirmed'); # ADDED LINE if( !$wgUser->isLoggedIn() ) {