Magento: Create Customer & Subscription Programtically

magento-customer-subscripiton.php

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
$mageFilename = 'app/Mage.php';

if (!file_exists($mageFilename)) {
    if (is_dir('downloader')) {
        header("Location: downloader");
    } else {
        echo $mageFilename." was not found";
    }
    exit;
}
require_once $mageFilename;

Varien_Profiler::enable();
Mage::setIsDeveloperMode(true);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
umask(0);

Mage::app('default');

$fname = @$_POST['fullname'];
$fullname =  explode(" ",$_POST['fullname']);
$customer_email = @$_POST['user_email'];  // email adress that will pass by the questionaire
$customer_fname = $fullname['fname'];      // we can set a tempory firstname here
$customer_lname = $fullname['lname'];       // we can set a tempory lastname here
$password = @$_POST['user_password'];                    // the lenght of autogenerated password

$customer = Mage::getModel('customer/customer');
$customer->setWebsiteId(Mage::app()->getWebsite()->getId());
$customer->loadByEmail($customer_email);
/*
* Check if the email exist on the system.
* If YES,  it will not create a user account.
*/


//print_r($customer);
//echo "Customer ID " . $customer->getId();
if(!$customer->getId()) {

   //setting data such as email, firstname, lastname, and password

  $customer->setEmail($customer_email);
  $customer->setFirstname($customer_fname);
  $customer->setLastname($customer_lname);
  $customer->setPassword($password);
  $customer->setIsSubscribed("yes");
  $customer->setData( 'group_id', 1 );

    try{
      //the save the data and send the new account email.

      $customer->setConfirmation(null);
      $customer->sendNewAccountEmail();
      $customer->save();


      //create new subscriber without send an confirmation email
      //Mage::getModel('newsletter/subscriber')->setImportMode(true)->subscribe($customer_email);


      $subscriber = Mage::getModel('newsletter/subscriber')->subscribe($customer_email);

      // load up the subscriber if possible
      $subscriber = Mage::getModel('newsletter/subscriber')->loadByEmail($customer_email);

        if (!$subscriber->getId()
        || $subscriber->getStatus() == Mage_Newsletter_Model_Subscriber::STATUS_UNSUBSCRIBED
            || $subscriber->getStatus() == Mage_Newsletter_Model_Subscriber::STATUS_NOT_ACTIVE) {

            $subscriber->setStatus(Mage_Newsletter_Model_Subscriber::STATUS_SUBSCRIBED);
               $subscriber->setSubscriberEmail($customer_email);
            $subscriber->setSubscriberConfirmCode($subscriber->RandomSequence());
        }

        $subscriber->setStoreId(Mage::app()->getStore()->getId());
        $subscriber->setCustomerId($customer->getId());

        try {
            $subscriber->save();
        }
        catch (Exception $e) {
            throw new Exception($e->getMessage());
        }

      header("Location: {URL_TO_REDIRECT}");
      exit;
    }
    catch(Exception $ex){
      echo $ex->getMessage();
      exit;
      Mage::getSingleton("core/session")->addError($ex->getMessage());
      header("Location: {URL_TO_REDIRECT}");
      exit;
    }
}else{
      $message = "Email address already exists.";
      //Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->addError($message);
      //Mage::getSingleton("core/session")->addError($message);
      //$url = urlencode("{$fname}&email={$customer_email}");
      header("Location: /promos/signup-05.html?err=already_exists&fname={$fname}&email={$customer_email}");
      exit;
}
?>