Expression Engine 2: User Creation Script

createuser.php

<?php
/**
 * Usage: Drop in the system/ folder, then open in your browser.
 */

# Define your login details.
$user = 'epicvoyage';
$pass = 'epicvoyage';
$email = 'chris@epicvoyage.org';
$url = 'https://www.epicvoyage.org';

# Hacks.
define('BASEPATH', true);
function get_instance() {
	return true;
}

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(-1);

# Load the required files.
require_once('system/expressionengine/config/database.php');
require_once('system/expressionengine/libraries/Auth.php');

class import_users {
	private $prefix = '';
	private $sql = null;
	private $auth = null;

	function __construct() {
		global $db;
		@$this->auth = new Auth();
		$this->prefix = $db['expressionengine']['dbprefix'];

		# Start a database connection.
		$this->sql = new mysqli($db['expressionengine']['hostname'], $db['expressionengine']['username'], $db['expressionengine']['password'], $db['expressionengine']['database']);
		if ($this->sql->connect_errno) {
			die('Error connecting to the database: '.mysqli_connect_error()."<br />\n");
		}
	}

	function import($group, $user, $email, $pass) {
		# Load the EE Auth class and hash the password.
		$hash = $this->auth->hash_password($pass);

		# And... create an account.
		$result = $this->sql->query(
			'INSERT INTO `'.$this->prefix.'members` (`group_id`, `username`, `screen_name`, `password`, `email`, `salt`, `unique_id`, `language`, `timezone`)
			VALUES ('.intval($group).', "'.$this->sql->escape_string($user).
			'", "'.$this->sql->escape_string($user).
			'", "'.$this->sql->escape_string($hash['password']).
			'", "'.$this->sql->escape_string($email).
			'", "'.$this->sql->escape_string($hash['salt']).
			'", "'.mt_rand(str_repeat('1', 30) , str_repeat('9', 30)).
			'", "english", "America/Chicago")'
		);

		if (!$result) {
			echo 'Query failed: '.$this->sql->error."<br />\n";
		} elseif ($this->sql->insert_id) {
			echo "Success.<br />\n";
		}
	}
}

$import_users = new import_users();
$import_users->import(1, $user, $email, $pass);

# Redirect to the login page.
//header('Location: index.php');

# And before we close, delete ourself...
//unlink(__FILE__);
?>