diff --git a/src/application/controllers/backend_api.php b/src/application/controllers/backend_api.php
index e7afd06d..fafe8bf3 100644
--- a/src/application/controllers/backend_api.php
+++ b/src/application/controllers/backend_api.php
@@ -850,8 +850,13 @@ class Backend_api extends CI_Controller {
*/
public function ajax_validate_username() {
try {
- // We will use the function in the admins_model because it is sufficient for
- // the rest user types for now (providers, secretaries).
+ // $_POST['record_exists'] is treated like a string in this method and this
+ // is making the validation algorithm fail. So we need to convert the value
+ // into bool before validating the username.
+ $_POST['record_exists'] = ($_POST['record_exists'] == 'true') ? TRUE : FALSE;
+
+ // We will only use the function in the admins_model because it is sufficient
+ // for the rest user types for now (providers, secretaries).
$this->load->model('admins_model');
$is_valid = $this->admins_model->validate_username($_POST['username'], $_POST['record_exists']);
echo json_encode($is_valid);
diff --git a/src/application/models/admins_model.php b/src/application/models/admins_model.php
index ced992f7..ca249818 100644
--- a/src/application/models/admins_model.php
+++ b/src/application/models/admins_model.php
@@ -357,10 +357,11 @@ class Admins_Model extends CI_Model {
*/
public function validate_username($username, $record_exists) {
$num_rows = $this->db->get_where('ea_user_settings', array('username' => $username))->num_rows();
- if (($num_rows == 0 && $record_exists == FALSE) || ($num_rows == 1 && $record_exists == TRUE)) {
- return TRUE;
+ if (($num_rows == 0 && $record_exists == FALSE) || ($num_rows == 1 && $record_exists == TRUE)
+ || ($num_rows == 0 && $record_exists == TRUE)) {
+ return TRUE; // valid
} else {
- return FALSE;
+ return FALSE; // not valid
}
}
}
diff --git a/src/application/views/backend/users.php b/src/application/views/backend/users.php
index 886ef5a8..b3ef5f41 100644
--- a/src/application/views/backend/users.php
+++ b/src/application/views/backend/users.php
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
+
+
+
+
+