function add_user( $login, $pass, $email )
{
	$User = new User();
	$User->set( 'login', $login );
	$User->set( 'pass', md5($pass) );
	$User->set( 'email', $email );
	$User->dbinsert();
}

$userlist = array(
    array( 'name', 'mypass', 'e@ma.il' ),
    array( 'another', 'pass', 'my@addr.es' ),
);

foreach( $userlist as $user )
{
    add_user( $user[0], $user[1], $user[2] );
}

You can add as many user params as you want

$User->set( param, value );

See /inc/users/model/_user.class.php for more info

where does that code go then?

admin.php is the best place, anywhere after

/*
 * Asynchronous processing options that may be required on any page
 */
require_once $inc_path.'_async.inc.php';

thanks for your help but there's gotta be a more elegant way to do this. I don't fancy hacking admin.php every time I need to add a bunch of users. Wordpress has a plugin, it's a shame B2 doesn't.

OK over in http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=24498

Sam2kb said:

You should NEVER use this method, don't even bother fixing this script. You can easily adapt the code I posted in another topic to read user data from CSV file.

Ok - let's take another look at this feller: I'm going to try it here http://tecexplore.com/b2 cos it's a test install on an experimental web account. I'm no coder so look out B2

Well putting that into admin.php caused this error:

MySQL error!

Duplicate entry 'name' for key 'user_login'(Errno=1062)

Your query: DataObject::dbinsert()

INSERT INTO evo_users (user_login, user_pass, user_locale, user_email, user_level, dateYMDhour, user_allow_msgform, user_notify, user_notify_moderation, user_unsubscribe_key, user_showonline)

VALUES ('name', 'a029d0df84eb5549c641e04a9ef389e5', 'en-US', 'e@ma.il', 1, '2012-06-07 03:19:49', '3', 0, 0, 'tbc6m6RHBcmIxMtkKoYilpGnczLxcLfx', 1)

I guess that's pretty obvious to someone who understands these things but I'm not very clear. It would seem that I may have tried to duplicate a user.

Are you sure that putting this into admin.php is the way to go?

Are you sure that putting this into admin.php is the way to go?

Yes, it's the easiest and secure enough way. Of course, you will need to remove the script (or comment it out) after you finish adding users.

Edit the script this way

foreach( $userlist as $user )
{
    if( user_exists($user[0]) )
	{
		$Messages->add( 'User exists: '.$user[0], 'note' );
		continue; // skip
	}
    add_user( $user[0], $user[1], $user[2] );

    $Messages->add( 'User added: '.$user[0], 'success' );
}

Please post here what you have done, I'll check.

what I'm concerned about here is that this could be as arduous as adding users one by one. Can we at least be talking about calling up a CSV file for the users.

Ok - adapted code had the effect of creating two new users both at admin level. I removed the code and deleted the users and then added a third user to the code and it created three users at admin level.

Sorry to be so squeamish this works a treat thanks. Now I'll see if I can figure how to reduce their perms level and add to specific user groups. For ref the full code I added is below.

function add_user( $login, $pass, $email ) 
{ 
    $User = new User(); 
    $User->set( 'login', $login ); 
    $User->set( 'pass', md5($pass) ); 
    $User->set( 'email', $email ); 
    $User->dbinsert(); 
} 

$userlist = array( 
    array( 'adminhack1', 'mypass', 'e@ma.il' ), 
    array( 'adminhack2', 'pass', 'my@addr.es' ), 
    array( 'adminhack3', 'pass2', 'my@addr2.es' ), 
); 
foreach( $userlist as $user ) 
{ 
    if( user_exists($user[0]) ) 
    { 
        $Messages->add( 'User exists: '.$user[0], 'note' ); 
        continue; // skip 
    } 
    add_user( $user[0], $user[1], $user[2] ); 

    $Messages->add( 'User added: '.$user[0], 'success' ); 
} 

I've edited the code (below) to try and add the users to group 4 - basic bloggers. The code below adds the users but still as admin. I've tried various hacks that cause various errors but I'm stumbling around in the dark. I've tried $Group_ID

function add_user( $login, $pass, $email, $Group)  
{  
    $User = new User();  
    $User->set( 'login', $login );  
    $User->set( 'pass', md5($pass) );  
    $User->set( 'email', $email ); 
    $User->set( 'group', $Group ); 
    $User->dbinsert();  
}  

$userlist = array(  
    array( 'adminhack4', 'mypass', 'e@ma.il', '4' ),  
    array( 'adminhack5', 'pass', 'my@addr.es', '4'),  
    array( 'adminhack6', 'pass2', 'my@addr2.es', '4' ), 
    array( 'adminhack7', 'pass2b', 'my@addr2b.es', '4' ),   
);  
foreach( $userlist as $user )  
{  
    if( user_exists($user[0]) )  
    {  
        $Messages->add( 'User exists: '.$user[0], 'note' );  
        continue; // skip  
    }  
    add_user( $user[0], $user[1], $user[2], );  

    $Messages->add( 'User added: '.$user[0], 'success' );  
}

Hey, I cracked it !!!!!

OK so I'm talking to myself

added grp_ID to this line:

function add_user( $login, $pass, $email, $grp_ID)

tried several combos $Group_ID etc etc - took a look at the actual database for inspiration.

This

$User->set( 'group', $Group );

should be this

$User->set( 'grp_ID', $grp_ID );

added the number 4 for user group 4

$userlist = array(  
    array( 'adminhack4', 'mypass', 'e@ma.il', '4' ),

and finally this
added $user[3]); to this

add_user( $user[0], $user[1], $user[2], $user[3]);  

I've no idea what's going on, I just applied some kind of pattern logic

I'll add some other params now

Completely cracked it now. Set up to insert username, password, email, email validated yes, locale and blog group. Code below.

function add_user( $login, $pass, $email, $grp_ID, $locale, $validated)  

{  
    $User = new User();  
    $User->set( 'login', $login );  
    $User->set( 'pass', md5($pass) );  
    $User->set( 'email', $email ); 
    $User->set( 'grp_ID', $grp_ID ); 
    $User->set( 'locale', $locale ); 
    $User->set( 'validated', $validated ); 
    $User->dbinsert();  
}  

$userlist = array(  
    array( 'adminhack8', 'mypass8', 'e@8ma.il', '4', 'en-GB', '1' ),  
    array( 'adminhack9', 'mypass9', 'e@9ma.il', '4', 'en-GB', '1' ),   
    array( 'adminhack10', 'mypass10', 'e@10ma.il', '4', 'en-GB', '1' ), 
);  
foreach( $userlist as $user )  
{  
    if( user_exists($user[0]) )  
    {  
        $Messages->add( 'User exists: '.$user[0], 'note' );  
        continue; // skip  
    }  
    add_user( $user[0], $user[1], $user[2], $user[3], $user[4], $user[5]);  

    $Messages->add( 'User added: '.$user[0], 'success' );  

Hey dude , whr to add the code you gave above ??? :O

admin.php is the best place, anywhere after
PHP:
/*
* Asynchronous processing options that may be required on any page
*/
require_once $inc_path.'_async.inc.php';

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