Best way for adding custom flags to QA_USER_FLAGS?

Question

I need to "mark" certain users with a flag (they register not directly in my q2a forum but register on another site, both are linked).

My idea of best practice:

1. Edit qa-config.php

2. Add my custom flag: define('QA_USER_FLAGS_EXTREG', 1024);

However, I would run into problems if new flags are added to the core. The recent flags are 1 - 512, see qa-include\app\users.php

So now I am wondering if I should take a very high number to avoid this issue - or if there is another way?

(I could create an extra table to log those, but it would be overkill...)

Thanks!
Kai

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Edit:

Idea for my scenario: Maybe I could use the field "sessionsource" in table "qa_users" and set it to my custom site - instead of using the flags?!

Another way would be to user the qa_usermeta table and add a custom field, but again, it might be overkill...

Answer 1

You should create an extra table where each flag (1/0) is represented by a field. A good design is never overkill.

Comments

If I'd need more flags, then it would make sense actually - and it would be safe. But then I can directly use table qa_usermeta.

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It depends. If you need to perform searches on the fields then you should use an index which the usermeta table will not provide

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Thanks. Good point!