// THIS METHOD CREATES A FORUM USER WITH THE SAME USERNAME AS THE CURRENT USER
	// INPUT: 
	// OUTPUT: 
	function forum_user_create() {
	  global $db, $board_config;
 
	  // GET NEXT USER ID
	  $row = $db->sql_fetchrow($db->sql_query("SELECT MAX(user_id) AS max_user_id FROM " . USERS_TABLE));
	  $forum_user_id = $row['max_user_id'] + 1;
 
	  // ENCRYPT PASSWORD
	  $password_md5 = md5(randomcode());
 
	  // SET DEFAULT VALUES FOR SOME VARIABLES
	  $viewemail          = FALSE;
	  $allowviewonline    = TRUE;
	  $notifyreply        = FALSE;
	  $notifypm           = TRUE;
	  $popup_pm           = TRUE;
	  $attachsig          = $board_config['allow_sig'];
	  $allowhtml          = $board_config['allow_html'];
	  $allowbbcode        = $board_config['allow_bbcode'];
	  $allowsmilies       = $board_config['allow_smilies'];
	  $user_style         = $board_config['default_style'];
	  $user_dateformat    = $board_config['default_dateformat'];
	  $user_timezone      = $board_config['board_timezone'];
	  $user_lang          = $board_config['default_lang'];
 
	  // BEGIN PHPBB2 INSERT
	  $db->sql_query("INSERT INTO " . USERS_TABLE . "(user_id,
							username,
							user_regdate,
							user_password,
							user_email,
							user_viewemail,
							user_attachsig,
							user_allowsmile,
							user_allowhtml,
							user_allowbbcode,
							user_allow_viewonline,
							user_notify,
							user_notify_pm,
							user_popup_pm,
							user_timezone,
							user_dateformat,
							user_lang,
							user_style,
							user_level,
							user_allow_pm,
							user_active,
							user_actkey
							) VALUES (
							'$forum_user_id',
							'".$this->user_info[user_username]."',
							'".time()."', 
							'$password_md5',
							'".$this->user_info[user_email]."',
							'$viewemail',
							'$attachsig',
							'$allowsmilies',
							'$allowhtml',
							'$allowbbcode',
							'$allowviewonline',
							'$notifyreply',
							'$notifypm',
							'$popup_pm',
							'$user_timezone',
							'".str_replace("\'", "''", $user_dateformat)."',
							'".str_replace("\'", "''", $user_lang)."',
							'$user_style',
							0,
							1,
							1,
							'')");