Age restriction

I used the tutorial http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?253-how-can-i-limit-the-age-of-my-customers-to-people-over-18. That worked great for sign-up; however, how can you prevent someone signing up over 18 and going back later and changing their birthdate to under 18? I've searched the forum and cannot find what files would need to be edited. I'd image it would be the same lines of code as entered in includes/modules/create_account.php and includes/languages/english/create_account.php. Would that be correct?

If you don't want them to EDIT their DOB after they register, you'll need to edit the following file:
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_account_edit_default.php
Find and remove this piece of code:

<?php
  if (ACCOUNT_DOB == 'true') {
?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="dob"><?php echo ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('dob', zen_date_short($account->fields['customers_dob']), 'id="dob"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  }
?>

If that file doesn't exist in YOUR_TEMPLATE folder, copy it from template_default and upload to your template's directory. It's always better to use overrides. :wink:

Thanks for the fast response! I would like to allow them to change it in case they entered the wrong date when they signed up, but restrict it to over eighteen when they do. Out of curiosity, whats the advantage to having the file located in the YOUR_TEMPLATE folder?

dereck72:

... Out of curiosity, whats the advantage to having the file located in the YOUR_TEMPLATE folder?
YOUR_TEMPLATE (another name for your custom template) allows you to customize your shop in a manner that the customizations will 'carry over' when you upgrade your Zen Cart's software. There's a FAQ here: http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?228-understanding-the-override-system

Thanks for that, makes perfect sense.

What is the point of preventing users from resetting their birthdate below 18? You are dependent on their word anyway, and they could be 12 or 88 regardless of what they tell you. If you have mechanisms in place to restrict signup and especially login to 18+, you have evidence that you have done all that can practically be done.

The test I would add is to the login/returning user page, to check the saved user DOB. If they are foolish enough to reset that below 18 after lying to sign up, it will catch them.