Create user after node created and assign node entity reference to it

Question

I have a content type with name hotel it have entity reference field that referenced to users entity, I want when admin create a node automatically created a user according to hotel email field and then set user entity reference field with that new created user.How can I do it automatically?

I create a rule with below structure but not work

{ "rules_create_user_based_on_hotel" : {
    "LABEL" : "create user based on hotel",
    "PLUGIN" : "reaction rule",
    "OWNER" : "rules",
    "REQUIRES" : [ "rules" ],
    "ON" : { "node_insert--hotel" : { "bundle" : "hotel" } },
    "DO" : [
      { "entity_create" : {
          "USING" : {
            "type" : "user",
            "param_name" : "[node:field_hotel_users]",
            "param_mail" : "[node:field_mail_hotel]"
          },
          "PROVIDE" : { "entity_created" : { "entity_created" : "Created entity" } }
        }
      },
      { "data_set" : { "data" : [ "node:field-user-ref" ], "value" : [ "entity-created" ] } }
    ]
  }
}

Answer 1

You can also handle it programmatically in your custom module.

function yourmodule_form_alter(&$form,$form_state,$form_id){
     global $user;

     if($form_id=='hotel_node_form'  && !isset($form['nid']['#value'])){
         $form['actions']['submit']['#submit'][] = '_hotel_user_register_submit';
     }
}

function _hotel_user_register_submit($form,$form_state){
    $uname=$form_state['values']['field_hotel_users']['und'][0]['value'];
    $uemail=$form_state['values']['field_mail_hotel']['und'][0]['email'];

    $new_user = array(
     'name' => $uname,
     'pass' => rand(1000000,9999999), // note: do not md5 the password
     'mail' => $uemail,
     'status' => 1,
     'init' => $uemail,
     'roles' => array(
        DRUPAL_AUTHENTICATED_RID => 'authenticated user',
    ),
);
    $nuser=user_save('', $new_user);
    $node=node_load($form_state['values']['nid']);
    $node->field_user_ref['und'][0]['target_id']=$nuser->uid;
    node_submit($node);
    node_save($node);
}

Answer 2

• Download the Rules module
• Enable Rules and Rules UI

Add a new rule

• React on event: After Saving New Content (it's listed under NODE)
• Restrict by type: Hotel

Under Action

• Add Action of Create New Entity >> ENTITY TYPE: USER >> For your EMAIL field, Ex: If you called your field "Email" then it's node:field-email. For user name, I guess you will also need to create a field in the node for that too. Then do same steps as e-mail

Note: You can always click on "DATA SELECTORS" to see all the tokens you can use.

• Add Action of Set data value >> select your entity ref field (Ex: If you called your field "Test" then it's node:field-test) >> for Value use entity-created:uid
• Add action of Send Account Email (listed under USER) >> Account: entity-created

You can modify the e-mail templates here /admin/config/people/accounts use tokens for your needs.

Let me know how this goes, no time to test this Rule.