//this calls the integrate registry function of smf component, so we cannot disable it!
    if (isset($modSettings['integrate_register']) && function_exists($modSettings['integrate_register']))
$modSettings['integrate_register']($regOptions, $theme_vars);

    // Register them into the database.
    db_query("
INSERT INTO {$db_prefix}members
(" . implode(', ', array_keys($regOptions['register_vars'])) . ")
VALUES (" . implode(', ', $regOptions['register_vars']) . ')', __FILE__, __LINE__);

    //original code: but doesn't always return correct inserted memberID!!!
    //I just renamed the variable to $memberID0 so one could track the fault situation by comparing the 2 different results!
    $memberID0 = db_insert_id();
 
    //my workaround: i do a query of the membername to get the corrisponding id,
    //thus not relying on the value which db_insert() give back, Now it works!

    //begin fix
    $request = db_query("
        SELECT ID_MEMBER
        FROM {$db_prefix}members
        WHERE memberName = '" .$regOptions['username']. "'
        LIMIT 1", __FILE__, __LINE__);
       
    $inserted_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($request);
    $memberID = $inserted_row['ID_MEMBER'];
    mysql_free_result($request);
    //end fix

    $field = $joomla_cols[$var];
    $value = $jsmf->trimQuotes($value);
   

   //as eventuel present slashes have been trimmed away by the caller and as
    //as joomla is designed to run without magic quotes off, as far as i know,
    //we have to invoke addslashes here, otherwise subsequent queries may fail!

    //if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { //better omitt the if statement completely
        $value = addslashes($value);
    //}