How can I create a new Joomla user account from within a script?

Question

We\'re creating an XML API for Joomla that allows partner sites to create new accounts for their users on our website.

We\'ve created a standalone PHP script that

Answer 1

Update: oh I ddin't see you wanted 1.5 but you could do similar but wth the 1.5 API instead.

This is part of something I was usng for anther purpose but you would need to use the default group instead until an issue with using JUserHelper from the command line is fixed or make it a web application.

input->get('username', null,'STRING');
        $name = $this->input->get('name');
        $email = $this->input->get('email', '', 'EMAIL');
        $groups = $this->input->get('groups', null, 'STRING');

        // Short args
        if (!$username)
        {
            $username = $this->input->get('u', null, 'STRING');
        }
        if (!$name)
        {
            $name = $this->input->get('n');
        }
        if (!$email)
        {
            $email = $this->input->get('e', null, 'EMAIL');
        }
        if (!$groups)
        {
            $groups = $this->input->get('g', null, 'STRING');
        }

        $user = new JUser();

        $array = array();
        $array['username'] = $username;
        $array['name'] = $name;
        $array['email'] = $email;

        $user->bind($array);
        $user->save();

        $grouparray = explode(',', $groups);
        JUserHelper::setUserGroups($user->id, $grouparray);
        foreach ($grouparray as $groupId)
        {
            JUserHelper::addUserToGroup($user->id, $groupId);
        }

        $this->out('User Created');

        $this->out();
    }

}

if (!defined('JSHELL'))
{
    JApplicationCli::getInstance('Adduser')->execute();
}