Hello there,
is it possible to write a plugin hooking to token creation event?

I would like to avoid random string generation and substitute it with random word token creation.
Alphanumeric token it's really difficult to remember.

So my ideal token would be a selection of random dictionary words and a numeric code. For example: dog-apple-434, cat-pear-221, rat-melon-364, horse-orange-996 etc etc...

In 4.X you have an event (i must check if it was in manual)

And a sample core plugin
github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/tree/ma.../plugins/customToken

[strike]Not in 4.X[/strike] Not in 3.X

See bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=15026

Manual page : www.limesurvey.org/manual/AfterGenerateToken

Thank you Denis for your complete reply.
I can understand branch 3.x development is now frozen for features. Just security patches.
So the team accepts new features only on 4.x branch.

This feature is available in LS since 3.17.x the only effort is to write a plugin who define the token creation behaviour. In detail I must hook to afterGenerateToken event

github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/13...f9ab2fb344877c925R13

Last question is: because my token doesn't have a fixed length, should I keep NULL $event->get('iTokenLength'); ?

tassoman wrote: This feature is available in LS since 3.17.x the only effort is to write a plugin who define the token creation behaviour. In detail I must hook to afterGenerateToken event

Are you sure ?

tassoman wrote: Last question is: because my token doesn't have a fixed length, should I keep NULL $event->get('iTokenLength'); ?

Maybe an issue with inherited or something like that ?
4.X ?

DenisChenu wrote: Are you sure ?

Well ... No I've did a mistake. The hook was added only inside the 4.x branch.

Do you think I have a chance to extend the method named generateToken inside the Token model by writing a plugin?

tassoman wrote:

DenisChenu wrote: Are you sure ?

Well ... No I've did a mistake. The hook was added only inside the 4.x branch.

Do you think I have a chance to extend the method named generateToken inside the Token model by writing a plugin?

I don't find how … maybe … but really didn't know …

The current alternative i use to replace core system it's beforeControllerAction : then i con do what i want but need to construct the whole controller
Sample : framagit.org/SondagePro-LimeSurvey-plugi...dminStatitistics.php (old one , unsure its still work …)

PS : maybe you can ask to move this event in next 3.X version ? Seems new feature is accepted again in 3.X …

I wrote a note in the issue tracker to link the feature request to this topic.

I dunno if can be wise to accept new features inside 3.x branch. In my opinion you'll end up having community never upgrading to 4.x branch.

I feel I can write two extending classes inside my plugin php file.
In the worst case I'm going to have an error of class not initialized.

PS: in Matomo project they accept backports on 3.x branch by pull request merge. It means you can checkout 4.x, copy the code you need, create a new branch 3.x-myfeat then ask to merge this branch to that 3.x-dev.
It's a smart decision, I've already did in the past. They only accept backports merged by community.