[Done 1.3.6]Bug in Edit Account if phpbb enabled - cannot edit surname

Zen Cart version 1.3.0.2 fresh install

In the process of setting up ZC on a couple of my sites and getting it all figured out in the last week. Happy to say that I havent encountered anything that I couldnt resolve myself, or find the answer to in one of my (seemingly millions of) forum searches. Until now that is... :dontgetit So here it is:

Being a female who's been (ahem) married more than once... I wanted to make sure that I could edit the last name on my account information. However, when I attempt to edit the last name field, or for that matter, any field on the page (without also editing the email address), I get the following error:

"phpBB-Our system already has a record of that email address - please try logging in with that email address. If you do not use that address any longer you can correct it in the My Account area."

I know the error is being generated from acount_edit/header.php - but since the email address is the only variable passed to phpbb at registration... I cant, for the life of me, figure out a work-around.

Other than disabling phpbb... Any ideas??

I had the same problem. I //'d out the following section at lines 88-91 in account_edit/header_php.php

// check phpBB for duplicate email address
if ($phpBB->phpbb_check_for_duplicate_email($email_address) == 'already_exists' ) {
  $error = true;
  $messageStack->add('account_edit', 'phpBB-'.ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_ERROR_EXISTS);
}

It fixed the problem and got things happening but is it a good idea?

That's a reasonable workaround, which simply masks the error alert.

I think the better solution is to move the } from the line above that section down to a line just below that section. That way the duplicate-checking is done inside the same loop that checks the cart for duplicates.