phpBB3 logins not case sensitive

[deewik]

Whenever I try this awesome lil modification the login is always case sensitive in Joomla. On phpBB3 it does not matter what case you use it will still log you on
the big problem I have is if I roll this out I on my 13,000 member forum I am going to get 1500+ emails asking why they can't log on
I see in the phpBB3 user table there are 2 fields ... username and username_clean that do it .... is there anyway of doing this with JFusion pretty please with 3 beers on top

thanks for ya thoughts
Scott

[mariusvr]

I'll add a global option to always convert the username into lower case for the next release.

Then an extra option needs to be added to the phpBB JFusion XML configuration file, to allow you to select if username or username_clean should be used.

Is there anything else beside capitals that are removed in the username_clean field (special characters, spaces, etc)

Cheers, Marius

[mariusvr]

Had a look at the username manipulation of phpBB3. 5 functions are called to generate the username_clean and many large arrays are created to help with the conversion of special characters. Using the phpBB3 methods will be too intensive for JFusion (I want to keep it light weight).

Would just converting the usernames to lower case be enough for you?

Cheers, Marius

[deewik]

Sorry for the delay in replying as I have not been well

It would be nice if it could check the first field and if that fails the second field
If that fails bounce it to incorrect login

I understand this is going to get complex so if you do not want to implement it I understand and it will just have to be something my users have to get used to

Again many thanks for the best support on ANY extension I have had dealings with

cheeries
Scott