Codeigniter/PHP: Creating users in batch with TankAuth - php

Question

I am interested in creating bulk users/passwords in a batch using TankAuth for CodeIgniter. I asked this question on the CI forums but got no responses:
http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/110993/P330/#837327
Google searches don't turn up much besides my thread as the third result and a bunch of unrelated sites.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=create+batch+users+tankauth
Has anyone successfully done this using a recursion algorithm? If so, can you post some code to get me going on the right path? Thanks!
Versions of software:
CI 1.7.3
TankAuth 1.0.7
PHP 5.x
EDIT 2/15:
Just in case anyone is looking for a solution to this, here's a function that is basically the same one I used (there were some other parameters, but this should get you going):
function batchReg()
{
$this->load->model('mymodel');
// connect to the database
$this->mymodel->dbconnect();
// build it
$query = "SELECT user, email, pass from newusers ORDER BY user ASC";
// ship it
$result = mysql_query($query);
// loop it
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$data = $this->tank_auth->create_user($row['user'], $row['email'], $row['pass'], FALSE);
print_r($data);
echo "<p>";
}
}
Just ping batchReg() from the controller to put it into action!

Answer 1

Sounds like a simple loop operation to me
somehow (whatever the source) get your usernames in a iterable form like an array $user_list
we'll say it looks like this
Array(
Array(
[username] => '...',
[email] => '...',
[password] => '', //leave password empty
),
Array(
[username] => '...',
[email] => '...',
[password] => '', //leave password empty
),
... etc.
)
Then create a simple looping routine to process the new registrations, storing the password back into the array, so you will then have a complete list of logins, new (randomized) passwords and emails.
//loop by referance in order to properly store the generated password
foreach($user_list as &$user) {
//generate 8 char password and store it
$user['password'] = substr(uniqid(),2,8);
//run register routine (not sure on tank auth's specific syntax
$this->tankauth->register($user['username'],$user['email'],$user['password'],FALSE);
}
Then at the end your $user_list contains all the new passwords for your users.