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Legacy Member Model Extension Hooks

member_create_start($data, $cdata)

Parameter Type Description
$data Array Data to be inserted into exp_members table
$cdata Array Optional custom member data
Returns Array Array containing the $data array and $cdata array (see below)

Provides an opportunity for extra code to be executed upon member creation, and also gives the opportunity to modify the member data by altering the arrays of data that we pass to the hook.

How it’s called:

list($data, $cdata) = $this->extensions->call('member_create_start', $data, $cdata);

Example of array to return:

array($data, $cdata)

member_create_end($member_id, $data, $cdata)

Parameter Type Description
$member_id Int ID of the member just created
$data Array Data to be inserted into exp_members table
$cdata Array Optional custom member data
Returns Void

Provides an opportunity for extra code to be executed after member creation.

How it’s called:

$this->extensions->call('member_create_end', $member_id, $data, $cdata);

member_update_start($member_id, $data)

Parameter Type Description
$member_id Int ID of the member to be edited
$data Array Data to be updated
Returns Array Updated $data array

Provides an opportunity for extra code to be executed upon member update, and also gives the opportunity to modify the update for member data by altering the array of data that we pass to the hook.

How it’s called:

$data = $this->extensions->call('member_update_start', $member_id, $data);

member_update_end($member_id, $data)

Parameter Type Description
$member_id Int ID of the member to be edited
$data Array Data to be updated
Returns Void

Provides an opportunity for extra code to be executed immediately before the update of the member data and member custom field data.

How it’s called:

$this->extensions->call('member_update_end', $member_id, $data);

member_delete($member_ids)

Parameter Type Description
$member_ids Array Array of member IDs about to be deleted
Returns Array Array of member IDs to delete after adding or removing IDs

When a member is about to be deleted, this hook gives the chance to run a custom deletion routine and/or stop ExpressionEngine from running its own member deletion routine for certain members.

How it’s called:

$member_ids = $this->extensions->call('member_delete', $member_ids);