2) { // This is to account for three-part names; example here is Somebody von Username
// if there were more than two substrings, we know there are three names
$middlename = $namearray[1]; // e.g. von
$lastname = $namearray[2]; // e.g. Username
$minitial = substr($middlename, 0, 1); // e.g. v
$userid = strtolower($firstinitial . $minitial . $lastname); // e.g. "svusername"
$emailalias = strtolower($firstname . '.' . $middlename . '.' . $lastname); // e.g. "somebody.von.username"
$lastname = $middlename . " " . $lastname; // Reassign to glue them together
// because FC has no middle name field, e.g. "von Username"
} // end "if we have a three-part name"
else {
$lastname = $namearray[1];
$userid = strtolower($firstinitial . $lastname);
$emailalias = strtolower($firstname.'.'.$lastname.'@'.$groupdomain);
} // end "else we have a regular firstname lastname person"
// Next block creates the user and adds them to the specified group and adds an email alias to their user form.
// The email aliases field in the user form is 1252 and the type is text (0)
$string = '
ADD network "'.$userid.'" "'.$firstname.'" "" "'.$lastname.'" "" "'.$temppass.'" "" "" "" 1 "'.$groupname1.'"
PUT USER "'.$userid.'" 1252 0 "'.$emailalias.'"
';
// Next (optional) block adds existing users to a(nother) group.
/*
$groupname2 = "Another Group";
$string .= '
PGADD '.$userid.' "'.$groupname2.'"
';
*/
echo $string;
} // end "for each name"
// Drop this in your webroot (/Library/WebServer/Documents on Mac OS X),
// browser to http://localhost/batchadd-maker.php,
// copy and paste the output into a new message to batch admin and send.
?>