$smarty->assign('programyear', intval(date('Y')) - 1);
// last year
$smarty->assign('states', $states);
$smarty->assign('countries', $countries);
$smarty->assign('message', null);
// new user registration
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') {
$user = new User();
$user->country = "United States";
$smarty->assign('user', $user);
$smarty->display('register.tpl');
exit;
}
// create user and valaidate input
$user = new User();
$msg = $user->fromPost();
if ($msg) {
$errors = 'Please be sure that you provide all of the requested data. ';
foreach ($msg as $e) {
$errors .= '<br /> - ' . $e;
}
$smarty->assign('message', $errors);
$smarty->assign('user', $user);
$smarty->display('register.tpl');
exit;
}
// store user information
if ($user->addUser()) {
$_SESSION['Account'] = $user;
header('Location: landing.php');
exit;
