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Event: OnUserChangePassword

Fires when a User changes their password.

  • Service: 1 - Parser Service Events
  • Group: Users

Event Parameters

Name Description
user A reference to the modUser object.
newpassword The new password being set.
oldpassword The old password being overridden.
userid The ID of the User. (deprecated)
username The username of the User. (deprecated)
userpassword The new password being set. (deprecated)

Example

Log the password change to the error log:

<?php
$eventName = $modx->event->name;
switch($eventName) {
    case 'OnUserChangePassword':
        $name = $user->get('username');
        $modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'User '.$name.' changed the password from '.'from '.$newpassword.' to '.$oldpassword);
        break;
}

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