[ion auth] Creating the first user

Hi, I needed to create a new admin user for an app using ion auth. Could someone give me opinionated feedback, or show me a better way of doing it?

Model

PHP Code:

 
  // setup the admin account
  public function check_activation_required()
  {
    $query = $this->db->query('SELECT * FROM users');
    // check for no accounts
    if(empty($query->result())){
      return TRUE;
    }
    else {
      $this->session->set_flashdata('message', 'An admin account has already been activated. Please login.');
      return FALSE;
    }

  }

  public function setup_admin_account()
  {
    $login = $this->input->post('login');
    $password = $this->input->post('password');

    // create an admin group
    $create_group = $this->ion_auth->create_group('admin', 'The administration group');
    if(!$create_group) {
      $this->session->set_flashdata('message', $this->ion_auth->errors());
    }

    $admin_group = NULL;
    $group_query = $this->ion_auth->groups()->result();
    
    foreach($group_query as $struct) {
      if ($struct->name == 'admin') {
        $admin_group = $struct->id;
        break;
      }
    }
    if(is_null($admin_group)){
      $this->session->set_flashdata('message', 'Could not create group or find admin group id.');
      return;
    }

    /*
      Register (create) a new user.
      Parameters:
      1. 'Identity' - string REQUIRED. This must be the value that uniquely identifies the user when he is registered. If you chose "email" as $config['identity'] in the configuration file, you must put the email of the new user.
      2. 'Password' - string REQUIRED.
      3. 'Email' - string REQUIRED.
      4. 'Additional Data' - multidimensional array OPTIONAL.
      5. 'Group' - array OPTIONAL. If not passed the default group name set in the config will be used.
    */
    if ($this->ion_auth->register($login, $password, $login, NULL, array($admin_group) )) {
      $this->session->set_flashdata('message', $this->ion_auth->messages());
    }
    else {
      $this->session->set_flashdata('message', $this->ion_auth->errors());
    }

  } 


Controller

PHP Code:

 
  public function setup()
  {
    if($this->account_model->check_activation_required() === FALSE) {
      redirect('account/login', 'refresh');
    }

    $validate = $this->account_model->validate['account']; 
    $this->form_validation->set_rules($validate); 
    if($this->form_validation->run() === FALSE) {
      $this->render('account_setup'); 
    }
    else {
      $this->account_model->setup_admin_account();
      redirect('account/login', 'refresh');
    }
  } 


Thanks

I do something similar in open blog. http://open-blog.org

Take a look in installer/controllers/installer...

Basically I pulled a couple of the functions from ion auth 2 to properly build and hash the password. The rest is trivial.

Sorry for the brevity, I'm on my phone.

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