Programmatically created profiles disappear after some time
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>I use the following code to create an users profile after I have created the user. </p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> $public_profile </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Profile</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">create</span><span style="color: #007700">([<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'type' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'publiek'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'uid' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">user</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">id</span><span style="color: #007700">(),<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_initialen' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_initialen'</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_voornaam' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$voornaam</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_tussenvoegsels' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$tussen</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_achternaam' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$achternaam</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_e_mailadres' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_e_mailadres'</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_website' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_website'</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_specialisatie' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_specialisatie'</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_gesproken_taal' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_gesproken_taal'</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'field_geo_lat_lng' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getGeoVal</span><span style="color: #007700">(),<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'address' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> [ </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'visiting_address'</span><span style="color: #007700">], </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'post_address'</span><span style="color: #007700">] ],<br> ]);<br><br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$public_profile</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setDefault</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">TRUE</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$public_profile</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">save</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$public_profile</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setActive</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">TRUE</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$public_profile</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">save</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>This works fine. Both the user (code not here...) and their profile are created and I can work with it for a while.<br>
Then after some time ( I have not yet figured out how long) all profiles have gone. The users still exist, but the profiles are vanished,</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<p>Not sure. but assuming using above code (using a profile type called 'publiek') perhaps without the custom fields.<br>
A difficulty with reproducing this however is: It takes some time. </p>
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