Extending the User Registration Form

Question

To add fields to the User Registration one can directly use the admin/config/people/accounts page. However, I am required to some other fields to the User Registration like food choice which is to be selected from drop-down list of foods, Email and Confirm Email fields (which should check whether both are same and whether the email was used in db), country (If UK/US is selected, text field for state, postal code should appear). Now, I could add the fields to the user registration page, but how can I handle the validations for the fields and how do I show such dropdown list. Am I required to create my module that extends the User Registration form. If so, how do I do this? Thanks.

Answer 1

If your only need is to add new required fields to the user registration form, you do not need modify the form through a module; by marking any user entity field as a Required field in the field UI, it will be presented in the registration form as a required field for registration.

If you require custom validation that goes beyond "it must be non-empty" you might need to employ a custom validation handler in a custom module, another helper module (e.g. Field validation), or a custom field module that matches your use case (e.g. Address field module).