joinGroup problem

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mysontg Reply #1, 10 years ago

Hi, i want to change usergroup for user who has paid for subscription. I wrote that code

$user = $modx->getObject('modUser', array('username' => $username));
if( $user ){
    $user->save();
    $user->joinGroup('5');}

but it`s still not changing his usergroup, what can be wrong ?
Thanks for answer ! [ed. note: mysontg last edited this post 10 years ago.]

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sottwell Reply #2, 10 years ago

I don't believe that you need to save the user.

I also found that using the group name rather than the ID worked for me.

$user->leaveGroup('groupname');
$user->joinGroup('groupname');

Ah, figured out why group name worked and group ID didn't - the group ID can't be a string. Drop the single-quotes; that makes MODX look for a group named "5".

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mysontg Reply #3, 10 years ago

I tried with group name and with id without single-quotes but still not working.
Now i have:

$user = $modx->getObject('modUser', array('username' => $username));
if( $user ){

    // Assign new user to User Group / Role
   $user->leaveGroup(3);
$user->joinGroup(5);}

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sottwell Reply #4, 10 years ago

Check the Reports->Error Log.

Here is the exact snippet I used to test with

<?php
$username = 'test';
$user = $modx->getObject('modUser', array('username'=>$username));
$user->joinGroup(3);
$user->leaveGroup(2);

$usergroup = $user->getUserGroupNames();
echo "<pre>";
print_r($usergroup);
echo "</pre>";

return;

If you are looking at the user in the Security menu, I found that I had to re-load the Manager page before my group changes showed up.

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mysontg Reply #5, 9 years, 11 months ago

Thanks for help, now everything working OK