Is it possible to have WHMCS use the full domain (instead of first 8 letters) for the username?

[kindnation]

I'm trying to find a way for WHMCS to use the full domain name (instead of using only the first 8 letters) as the username. The reason being is that I use the username to create my /home/{username} in my control panel.

 

Currently I have to manually approve each order because I still have to manually input the username.

 

The closest option I found is: General Settings > Ordering > Enable Random Usernames (Tick this box to generate random usernames for services rather than use the first 8 letters of the domain).

 

How do I make WHMCS use the full domain name as username automatically?

[sentq]

this Action Hook may help, it has all the information of the product, and it run right before the Module Create function

[kindnation]

Thanks for the pointer on Action Hooks. I was able to find OverrideModuleUsernameGeneration hook, which is probably what I need.

 

I'm new to writing action hooks, so I'm using the example from includes/hooks/ and have this so far:

 

<?php

 

function hook_username_domain($vars) {

 

$username = $vars['domain'];

 

}

 

add_hook("OverrideModuleUsernameGeneration",1,"hook_username_domain");

 

?>

 

Can anyone advise if the above is correct?

[steven99]

Close, but instead of $username = $vars['domain']; just have:

 

return $vars['domain'];

 

(though you may want to sanitize the username before returning it.)

[kindnation]

Close, but instead of $username = $vars['domain']; just have:

 

return $vars['domain'];

 

(though you may want to sanitize the username before returning it.)

 

 

Awesome thanks steven99! Can you advise what you mean by sanitize the username?

[sentq]

your hook need to be something like that

 

function hook_username_domain($vars) {

   $username = trim(strip_tags($vars['domain']));
   $username = str_replace(array("https://", "http://", "www.", "/"), "", $username);

   return $username;
}
add_hook("OverrideModuleUsernameGeneration", 1, "hook_username_domain");

[bear]

Bear in mind there are limitations in Cpanel:

Maximum username length

The maximum username length for new system accounts is 16 characters. The first 8 characters must be unique to the system.