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Hello,

I would like the usernames to be automatically generated based on the first and last name the person has given.

Could anybody give me some guidance on how I could go about doing this?

For example:

Peter Johnson has provided his first and last name and the username generated is JOHNPETE. It has taken the first 4 letters from the surname and 4 letters from the first name.

You have to include custom fields as mandatory in registration page then and generate the username for example:

"username" => substr($db->escape_string($user['profile_fields']['fid4']), 0, 4).substr($db->escape_string($user['profile_fields']['fid3']), 0, 4);

^^ in inc/datahandlers/user.php @ line no near about 992
assume your custom field fid3 is firstname & fid4 is lastname

I guess you can handle the rest ...

This is working perfectly fine but just one more question...

How do I make it go through as all in capital letters and how do I add a specific number on the end of the username.

So Peter Jones would turn out like JONEPETE5

Bobby Sinclair would be SINCBOBB5

Betty Harrison would be HARRBETT5

How that makes sense...

Perfect, left positive feedback!

Thank you!