Why are registrations automatically approved?

[cdstechint]

Hi all!
Not sure I really understand this but when people sign up for our site they are automatically approved. Why is there "Pending" then in the site admin panel? I would like to prevent just anyone from signing up for our site. Thanks

[frankie]

thats the way it is coded, and depending on the version you can disable auto approve, however the pending means they havent completed the regs, via their email message.

[brokenmech]

edit confirm.php

find

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// activate member and show success message
    $sql = "UPDATE member_profile SET account_status = 'active' WHERE random_code = '$random_code'";
    @mysql_query($sql);
and change status from active to pending. 

[cdstechint]

Thank you, but that did not work. I heard that only worked on version 2.

[frankie]

what exactly are you trying to do, when you mention, "I would like to prevent just anyone from signing up for our site."

how else could they signup?

[cdstechint]

when someone signs up I would like the registration to be pending until I can verify who the person is

[brokenmech]

when someone signs up I would like the registration to be pending until I can verify who the person is

That's what I suggested with modifying confirm.php I don't understand what you mean "it doesn't work. "