Remove user from group

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.5
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6
-- PHP version -- : 5.4

Is there a way to remove a user from a group upon purchase? I know users can be added to a group after purchase, but I also need for some of my users to be removed from a group after they renew their membership.

Please advise on how to remove a user from a group after purchase. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. However, I am not a developer so your suggestion isn't something I can do.

Is there a line of code that I could add to the plugin "group after purchase" that would remove a user from a particular group? I still need that plugin to add users to groups as well.

Hi guys,

Jerome wrote: ...I think the best will be to duplicate the plugin "group after purchase" in order to create a "remove group after purchase". And instead of adding a user group to the user, you will remove it

1 - I suppose you mean the "Hikashop Group Plugin" that enables to change (to add) the group of a user after purchasing a product: "Product > Custom Fields > User group after purchase: ..."
- Please, Is this still the "instant without delay" solution ?
- Please, Do you have any hack code suggestion ?
- Would not be useful to add the "remove group" option to the default plugin ?

It might be useful with HikaSubscription when we need to switch from Subscription B Plan (Registered B User Group) to Subscription C Plan (adding the user to the Registered C User Group and he needs to be removed from the Registered B User Group) by using the HikaShop "Product > Subscriptions > Relation type: Upgrade" feature


2 - Considering that the "Hikashop Group Plugin > Force user logout on group update: Yes" has effect when the Joomla setting "Session Handler: Database".
Please, What do you think about "the best Session handler" for HikaShop features ?
Is the PHP Filesystem still the best solution ?
Do you have any experience about memcache ?

Hi Nicolas,

1A - Thanks

1B - You are right and Thanks!

1C - Well, looking for answers, during last days I found several related posts about this and, as Jerome wrote, viewing that could be a simple solution, that's why I suggested it here...

1D - Being that Jerome is in this discussion, Do I have to open a new HikaSubscription topic ? Or Is it better to wait for him here ? (Maybe he has yet something in his roadmap)

Anyway, they are 2 different features useful for 2 different things:

into HikaSubscription > Having the "to add" feature with the "to remove" feature means to have a "to move" feature for the time period of the subscription. (As a temporary access to the content). Once exhaled, the reverse path will be performed: "to add" > "to remove" and "to remove" > "to add"

into Hikashop Group Plugin > the "to add" or the "to remove" is permanent, definitive.
In my specific case this makes more sense. Let me say:
- only Registered users user group can buy Subscriptions
- I have 2 Subscriptions levels types: Plan B (adding users to the Registered B user group), Plan C (adding users to the Registered C user group)
- while a user will always belong to the Registered user group, when a user from Plan B switches to Plan C not only must be added to the Registered C user group, but must be removed from the Registered B user group > forever
- In fact, because if Plan C expires, the user will not be a subscriber of Plan B, but will simply go back to being just a registered user

Do you agree ?

2A - Thanks. So, for the User Group feature I can set "Hikashop Group Plugin > Force user logout on group update: No", Right ?
While for the Payment Plugins, Is it a must ?

2B - So, in addition to the normal PayPal payment plugin, Please, What are the HikaShop Payment plugins that need the Joomla setting "Session Handler: Database" ?