modUser.changePassword

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modUser::changePassword¶

Changes the password of a User. Returns true if the password changed, false otherwise.

By default, changePassword():

matches $oldPassword against the current password with modUser->passwordMatches();
sets the new password;
invokes the OnUserChangePassword event.

Pass $validateOldPassword as false to skip the old-password check.

boolean changePassword (string $newPassword, string $oldPassword [, boolean $validateOldPassword = true])

$user = $modx->getObject('modUser',array('username' => 'foobar'));
$user->changePassword('b33r4me', 'boo123');

Change the password of the currently logged-in User from ‘mypass’ to ‘s3cur3d’:

$modx->user->changePassword('s3cur3d','mypass');