disable Birthdate in profile

[danielrichter]

Dear smf devs,

is there an easy way to disable the "Birthdate" feature in SMF?
My idea was to:

• disable calendar
• remove birthdate inside forumprofile (so no user can edit their own birthdate)
• remove "Age" from profile page (when user profile is viewed by someone)

Are these all occurrences of the "Birthdate" / "age" feature?

Thank you for reply.

[danielrichter]

Bump, still looking for some hints / ideas.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

remove birthdate inside forumprofile (so no user can edit their own birthdate)

Profile.template.php

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function template_profile_birthdate()
{
/*    global $txt, $context;

    // Just show the pretty box!
    echo '
                            <dt>
                                <strong>', $txt['dob'], '</strong><br>
                                <span class="smalltext">', $txt['dob_year'], ' - ', $txt['dob_month'], ' - ', $txt['dob_day'], '</span>
                            </dt>
                            <dd>
                                <input type="text" name="bday3" size="4" maxlength="4" value="', $context['member']['birth_date']['year'], '"> -
                                <input type="text" name="bday1" size="2" maxlength="2" value="', $context['member']['birth_date']['month'], '"> -
                                <input type="text" name="bday2" size="2" maxlength="2" value="', $context['member']['birth_date']['day'], '">
                            </dd>';
*/
}



remove "Age" from profile page (when user profile is viewed by someone)

Profile.template.php

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/*    echo '
                <dt>', $txt['age'], ':</dt>
                <dd>', $context['member']['age'] . ($context['member']['today_is_birthday'] ? ' &nbsp; <img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/cake.png" alt="">' : ''), '</dd>';
*/



[danielrichter]

@Sir Osis of Liver any path to the controller itself? So I can disable the POST part too, so a user won't be able to perform POST requests and update the birthdate in the database, even if he is not able to see it anymore.

[Arantor]

Best route, disable the definition in Profile-Modify.PHP where all the fields are defined. Don't just blindly comment it out, or remove it - add a enabled = false line to them (see some of the other fields that are conditionally enabled for guidance)

[danielrichter]

@Arantor

I've edited the following lines in Profile-Modify.php:

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bday1' => array(
'type' => 'callback',
'enabled' => false,
...
// Setting the birthdate the old style way?
'birthdate' => array(
'type' => 'hidden',
'enabled' => false,

is this all which is required to disable POST part too?
After these edits the birthdate fields disappeared from the profile view.

[Arantor]

Yes, this disables it from the POST part.