I have a general create function that submits a new user to the database

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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T01:54:11+00:00 2026-05-30T01:54:11+00:00

I have a general create function that submits a new user to the database

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I have a general create function that submits a new user to the database – this works fine. Where I am is stuck is the following.

I know that I need the user that is signing up to have clicked the link in the email before the account can login. How do I implement that into my if statement when I run the create function?
I am a bit confused as to how to set my errors if any thing is correct or wrong to do with the activation process I have currently set the messages using $this->form_validation->set_message();. Do I need to use set_flashdata();? and how will echo these into the view?

When I create a new user I have the userActive field set at 0 by default and also the default group is set to users

Controller:

   <?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Users extends CI_Controller {


    public function index()
    {
        $data['companyName'] = $this->core_model->companyDetails()->coreCompanyName;
        $data['pageTitle'] = "Create User";
        $this->load->view('frontend/assets/header', $data);
        $this->load->view('frontend/users', $data);
        $this->load->view('frontend/assets/footer');
    }

    public function create(){   

        //If form validation fails load previous page with errors else do the job and insert data into db

        if($this->form_validation->run('createUser') == FALSE)
        {
            $data['success'] = "";
        }else{
            $username = $this->input->post('userName');
            $password = $this->input->post('userPassword');
            $firstname = $this->input->post('userFirstName');
            $lastname = $this->input->post('userLastName');
            $email = $this->input->post('userEmail');

            $passwordHash = $this->encrypt->sha1($password); // Lets encrypt the password why sha1?  MD5 is for tossers

            $activateCode = $this->_activateCode(10);

            // If the data is correct follow through with db insert

            if($this->users_model->createUser($username,$passwordHash,$firstname,$lastname,$email,$activateCode))
            {
                $data['success'] = TRUE;

                redirect('frontend/users/create','refresh');

            }

        }
        $data['companyName'] = $this->core_model->companyDetails()->coreCompanyName;
        $data['pageTitle'] = "Create User";
        $this->load->view('frontend/assets/header', $data);
        $this->load->view('frontend/user_create', $data);
        $this->load->view('admin/assets/footer');

        echo get_class($this);
        var_dump(method_exists($this, '_activateCode'));
    }

    function _userRegEmail($activateCode,$email,$firstname,$lastname){
        $data['companyName'] = $this->core_model->companyDetails()->coreCompanyName;
        $data['companyEmail'] = $this->core_model->companyDetails()->coreCompanyEmail;
        $data['companyContact'] = $this->core_model->companyDetails()->coreContactName;
        $data['firstName'] = $firstName;
        $data['lastName'] = $lastname;
        $data['email'] = $email;
        $data['activateCode'] = $activateCode;

        $this->email->from($this->core_model->companyDetails()->coreCompanyEmail, $this->core_model->companyDetails()->coreCompanyName);
        $this->email->to($email);
        $this->email->subject($this->core_model->companyDetails()->coreCompanyName, 'User Registration Confirmation');

        $messageContent= $this->load->view('email_templates/userReg','', TRUE);

        $this->email->message($messageContent);

        //$this->email->send();
    }

    function usersconfirm(){

        $activateCode = $this->uri->segment(3);

        if($activateCode == '')
        {
            $this->form_validation->set_message('userConfirmError', 'Sorry you did not have a correct Activation Code.');
        }
            $userConfirmed = $this->users_model->confirm_user($activateCode);

            if($userConfirmed){
                $this->form_validation->set_message('userConfirmed', 'Thanks your account is now active you may login!');
            }else{
                $this->form_validation->set_message('userRecord', 'I am sorry we do not have any details with that Activation Code');
            }
    }

     function _username_check($username)
    {
        if($this->users_model->username_taken($username))
        {
            $this->form_validation->set_message('username_check', 'Sorry the username %s is taken!');
            return FALSE;
        }else{
            return TRUE;
        }
    }

    function _email_check($email)
    {
        if($this->users_model->email_check($email))
        {
            $this->form_validation->set_message('email_check','Sorry there is already a user with this %s');
            return FALSE;
        }else{
            return TRUE;
        }

    }

   function _activateCode($length)
    {
        return random_string('alnum', $length);
    }

}

/* End of file users.php */
/* Location: ./application/controllers/users.php */