How to programmatically create new user with custom fields?

Question

I want to create user with some custom fields. I have created extra fields through config > people > site information > manage fields and fields like first name, last name, city etc. I want to create user with this custom fields.

How can I create user programmatically?

Answer 1

Using user_save Drupal function you can create new users like so:

$new_user = array(
  'name' => 'JohnDoe',
  'mail' => '[email protected]',
  'pass' => 'password123',
  'status' => 1,
  'field_custom_first_name' => array(LANGUAGE_NONE => array(array('value' => 'John'))), // This becomes $account->field_custom_first_name[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['value']
  'field_custom_last_name' => array(LANGUAGE_NONE => array(array('value' => 'Doe'))),
  'access' => REQUEST_TIME,
  'roles' => array(), // No other roles than Authenticated
  //'roles' => array('10' => '10', '11' => '11'), // If you want to specify additional roles, the numbers are role_id's
);
user_save(NULL, $new_user);