Users Expire

Users Expire
Summary	Allows the adding of an expiration date for automatic expiration.
Validation
Mod Updated	30 Jan 2025
Download link	For TNG 15.0 TNG 14.0 TNG 13.1.0 users_expire_v13.1.0.0c For TNG 13.0 users_expire_v13.0.0.0 For TNG 12.0.2 users_expire_v12.0.2.0
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Author(s)	Brent Hemphill
Homepage	Users Expire (This page)
Mod Support	TNG Community Forums
Contact Developer	TNG Community Forums
Latest Mod	13.1.0.0c
Min TNG V	12.0.2
Max TNG V	15.0.0
Files modified	admin_adduser.php admin_edituser.php admin_newuser.php admin_updateuser.php processlogin.php languages/English/cust_text.php languages/English/users_help.php languages/English-UTF8/cust_text.php languages/Danish/cust_text.php languages/Danish-UTF8/cust_text.php languages/Dutch/cust_text.php languages/Dutch-UTF8/cust_text.php languages/French/cust_text.php languages/French-UTF8/cust_text.php languages/FrenchQC-UTF8/cust_text.php languages/German/cust_text.php languages/German-UTF8/cust_text.php
Related Mods	none
Notes

Purpose of the mod

This TNG modification adds a field to Admin >> Users to allow the adding of an expiration date for automatic expiration.

When you add or update a user, a new field of "Expires After:" will be available. You can use the calendar form to pick the date. The default is for this to be left blank.

When a user attempts to log in after the date they are set to expire, their account will automatically be disabled and not allow them to log in due to the account being disabled. The user can log in anytime during the day you have set to expire after, but at the very start of the next day they will end up getting disabled on login attempt. It into account the offset from UTC set in Setup >> Configuration >> General Settings >> Miscellaneous > "Server time offset (hours):", so that it is the start of the day from the location where you have the server set to be located not the location of the user.

If a user is logged in when the time comes for their account to expire, the existing session will continue to be valid. The mod only checks the user at login. So an active session that is closed by log out or closing of the browser will terminate the session and enforce the account check at the next opening and login attempt.

This allows you to create users that automatically expire so that you do not need to remember to go back and manually disable the account. It could be useful for creating temporary guest access to a closed site, temporary help through the forum or personal messages, as part of a subscription to you site, or as a way to limit how long a user may have more elevated privileges. In the last case, it may be that you have someone who is going to be making several updates for say a couple of weeks but then you want them to go back to being a normal user, you could use this setting them to expire and then if you forgot to change them back they would instead be contacting you to say they can't get in. Basically any temporary or time constrained use case that you can think of for a user's access could be a case for using this mod.

Developer

The Users Expire mod was developed by Brent Hemphill.
German text provided by Jürgen P. Bourdeaux.
Danish text provided by Mogens C. Fenger.
Dutch text provided by Rob Severijns.
French text provided by Michel Kirsch.

Requirements

• A working TNG installation.
• A backup of all affected files (see the list in the summary in the upper right corner of the page)
• An installed current version of the Mod Manager.

Revision History

Mod Version	TNG Version	Date	Contents
13.1.0.0c	13.1	30 Jan 2025	Update to fix double colon
13.1.0.0b	13.1	19 May 2023	Update to use customizable table names
13.1.0.0a	13.1	29 Dec 2022	Update HTML validation issue on mod page
13.1.0.0	13.1	11 Nov 2021	Update for TNG 13.1
13.0.0.0	13.0	31 Oct 2020	Update for TNG 13
12.0.2.0	12.0	04 May 2019	initial release

Installation

1. Uninstall and delete previous version of this mod (if installed)
2. Download the appropriate zip file as shown in the mod summary in the upper right corner of the page.
3. Extract the file from the downloaded zip file into the mods folder or FTP the extracted file to your mods folder.
4. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the mod.

First Time Post Install Actions

1. Click the Expand Tables button shown on the Mod Manager screen to expand the user table. .

In the event of a problem

• Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability
• Copy the backup of the affected files back to your TNG directory
• Contact us through the TNG Community Forums.

Uninstalling the mod

If you want to completely Remove (uninstall) this mod and any tables if created, you should

1. click the Uninstall button to uninstall the mod
2. click the Delete button to delete the config file from the mods folder.

Upgrade

• Uninstall and eventually Delete the current Mod.
• Proceed as for an installation with the new Mod.

Custom Text

This MOD contains custom text in cust_text.php in the English / English-UTF8 folders. It also adds to the users_help.php file in the English folder.

cust_text.php

The following custom text entries need to be created in your language, if you do not use English for TNG Admin

//Users Expire Text
$admtext['dtexpires'] = "Expires After";

Sites using this mod

If you download and install this mod, please add your TNG site to the table below:

URL	User	Note	Mod-Version	TNG-Version	User-language
	Brent Hemphill	Private Site/localhost	12.1.0.0	12.1.0	EN
Woking Family	Pete Smee		12.1.0.0	12.1.0	EN
Smee Family	Pete Smee		12.1.0.0	12.1.0	EN
The Duttons of New England	Darrin Dutton	Public/Private	13.1.0.0a	14.0.1	EN
YourTrees	Berkshire FHS/Paul Barrett	Private/Synology NAS	13.0.0.0	13.04	EN
The Severijns / Timmer Familytree	Rob Severijns	Public / Private	See here	See here	NL, EN
Stammbäume	Gerald Meier	Private	13.1.0.0a	14.0	DE
Barta-Joggele Online aus Mauren, Liechtenstein	Gerald Meier	Private	13.1.0.0a	14.0	DE
Auf den Spuren meiner Ahnen	Michael Klein	Public/Private site	13​.1​.0​.0b	TNG 14.0.3	EN, DE