hi,
give me 3 hours we will check this and come back with fix (if necessary)

Great!

Hi,
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Please "Optional Information" tell me how to reproduce this error.

We have make some test and not find any difference between site with or without Easy Profile, after update user information the data into #__session table become "s:6:"groups";N;"

Tested on Joomla 3.4.4

Hi,

If a user with several user groups updates a profile detail then the session details get dropped for you too?

No, only group parameter, but there are _authGroup and _authLevels variables in session table. this happened even without Easy Profile

Can you reproduce the error?

this is not a error, it is a Joomla behavior. permissions(groups and ACL) are not lost.

It is not related to Easy Profile?

problem of session table not, but maybe you have some wrong condition in some field that assign or remove some usergroup.
you can make a simple test to try if this depends from Easy Profile, go into extensions->plugins search for "Easy Profile", disable all plugin. with this Easy Profile not do nothing.


you have mentioned PhpBB, this is not a Joomla component it is a standalone forum (I think) so I suppose you use some bridge, you could request support to bridge provider?

Ok! Thank you. It is not related to the phpbb bridge but I will continue to search for the error. Do you know why group parameter is dropped by Joomla? Weird.

Hi,

I will continue to search for the error. Do you know why group parameter is dropped by Joomla?

Yes, found!
see at file components/com_users/models/profile.php, at line 396 there is this code:

$user->groups = null;

This code is into save() function, so it is launched on update profile. Why? I don't know

ah ok.

Why? I don't know

This code prevent that some Joomla user plugin change dynamically and temporary (temporary because this is not stored in DB) usergroups. You need to leave this code for security purpose.

To change usergroups there are dedicated Joomla APIs.

Thank you for your help! Great service. Do you also offer your services as a freelancer? Could you please e-mail me your e-mail address and I will tell you more.

Hi,

Do you also offer your services as a freelancer?

No sorry, we not work as freelance. But if you need some other feature for our product then feel free to write in this forum as Feature Request. We are always opened to new ideas.