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Anonymous
Error: Could Not Register New User

  • 2004/11/25 18:39

  • Anonymous

  • Posts: 0

  • Since:


Some of my users , 3 so far out of the 45 signed up say that when they try to register , it goes ok until they click the Finish button and they are then told "Could Not Register New User".

I can signup from my pc using their details and so can others. What do you think is going wrong? One of the users is a professional web designer and thinks it might be a cookies issue?!?

If this helps, one of the users details are:

username: flik_8
email: flik_8 < a t > lycos.co.uk < a t > = @ of course :)


Thanks.
Lee.
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Anonymous
Re: Error: Could Not Register New User

  • 2004/11/26 10:36

  • Anonymous

  • Posts: 0

  • Since:


As no one can give an answer to this problem, which is now effecting a few more people who've emailed me to date.

Even when I add them manaully, they can read the forums, view the profile page etc. but can't Edit or Post! They either get a blank page , error , or nothing is updated/posted.

Thanks.
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Mithrandir
Re: Error: Could Not Register New User

Nothing to do with cookies - more to do with the fact that they (most likely) have a software firewall that blocks the HTTP_Referer
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Anonymous
Re: Error: Could Not Register New User

  • 2004/11/27 11:36

  • Anonymous

  • Posts: 0

  • Since:


Yes it was the HTTP_Referer - i've now got people moaning that if they remove this from their firewall settings it leaves them open to some bugs on the web.

Is there a way to have the site work without referer page?
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Mithrandir
Re: Error: Could Not Register New User

Ask them to read their manual.
The HTTP_REFERER is a privacy setting - all it does is tell the webserver, which was the LAST page, you viewed - and only for that site. It is used to determine whether people are submitting a form on YOUR site, or somewhere else on the web.

If you don't want this security setting on your website, you can disable it - search for xoops_refcheck
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tedsmith
Re: Error: Could Not Register New User

  • 2004/11/27 13:00

  • tedsmith

  • Home away from home

  • Posts: 1151

  • Since: 2004/6/2 1


To disable the HTTP_REFERER check, add the following line at the beginning of the function xoops_refcheck in the file /include/functions.php:

return true; // disable HTTP_REFERER check

So it should look like this when finished:

function xoops_refcheck($docheck=1)
{
return true; // disable HTTP_REFERER check
$ref = xoops_getenv('HTTP_REFERER');
if ($docheck == 0) {
...
}

That's what I did and it works a treat. Many others have too.
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madcapjv
Re: Error: Could Not Register New User

  • 2004/11/28 19:05

  • madcapjv

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 33

  • Since: 2004/11/28


thanks for this, along with many other fixes/hacks.

Great product goes out to the XOOPS team!

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