Example Usage

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Notes

This extension is very simple, but its functionality is often requested: adding birthday fields to member registration without having to make custom profile fields. Additionally, this extension can be used as a skeleton to add other standard ExpressionEngine member fields to your member registration forms.

In order to use this extension you will have to modify your member registration form (Admin > Members and Groups > Member Profile Templates > Registration Form). The extension handles all of the back end and database manipulation, but you will have to alter your registration form to present these new fields to the users on the front end. The instructions here include the full HTML needed to add the birthday fields to the registration form

Unzip the file
Copy ext.register_birthday.php to your /system/extensions/ folder
In the control panel go to the Extensions Manager (Admin > Utilities > Extensions Manager) and click the "Enable?" link for the Register Birthday extension.

You will need to add form fields for the day, month, and year to the member registration template. After doing this, members will be required to provide a birthday to register to your site. I chose to simply use the following markup immediately before the {custom_fields} variable in the Registration Form template: