Added example script to fill user_extra_fields with a field that contains the username of the user. This replicates data but enables the use of webservices from a system where usernames are the same than in Chamilo

main/webservices/example_fill_users_fields.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * This script populates the user_extra_fields_value table with a new field which 
+ * contains the username for each user. This allows you to use web
+ * services to update users based on their username (which is assumed
+ * to be the same as in the application which calls the webservice).
+ * This script should be called any time a new user (or a large group of new 
+ * users) is added to the database.
+ * @package chamilo.webservices
+ */
+//remove the next line to enable the script (this can harm your database so
+// don't enable unless you know what you're doing and you have a backup)
+die();
+// update this ID after you create the corresponding field through the Chamilo
+// profile fields manager (admin page, users section) as text field.
+// Give this field a name you will later use in original_field_id_name, while
+// you will use the normal username of Chamilo users.
+$extra_field_id = 9;
+require_once('../inc/global.inc.php');
+$tuser = Database::get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_USER);
+$tuserfv = Database::get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_USER_FIELD_VALUES);
+$sql = "SELECT user_id, username FROM $tuser ORDER BY user_id";
+$res = Database::query($sql);
+while($row = Database::fetch_array($res)) {
+  $sql2 = "INSERT INTO $tuserfv (user_id, field_id, field_value) VALUES (".$row['user_id'].", 11,'".$row['username']."')";
+  $res2 = Database::query($sql2);
+}