I'm trying to add custom fields to the user registration form. I need to save 2 of them into the Drupal User's database and 1 into my own separate database.
I'm using hook_form_alter to add the fields and then hook_form_submit to save the fields.
How do I submit the first/last name fields into drupal's user table and then save the SSN into my own? I have a function to switch between the 2 databases already but am just not sure how to use hook_submit_form to save some in one database and some in another?
function myModule_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id){
if($form_id == 'user_registration_form'){
$form['f_name'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('First Name'),
'#required' => TRUE,
'#attributes' => array('class' => array('fname'))
);
$form['l_name'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'title' => t('Last Name'),
'#required' => TRUE,
'#attributes' => array('class' => array('lname'))
);
$form['ssn'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('Social Security Number')
'#maxlength' => 11,
'#required' => TRUE,
'#attributes' => array('class' => array('ssn'), 'placeholder' => '999-99-9999')
);
Would it be something like this?
function myModule_form_submit($form, &$form_state){
//Array of information to save into drupal user's table
$edit = array(
'f_name' => $form_state['values']['f_name'],
'l_name' => $form_state['values']['l_name'],
'second_email' => $form_state['values']['second_email'],
);
user_save(drupal_anonymous_user(), $edit);
drupal_set_message(t('The form has been submitted.'));
}
I'm not sure if I can use drupal's user_save() function and pass it this new information to save or if I have to do something in the .install file to add these new columns and then target them in the form_submit?