'table' => 'contact_email',
'hashref' => { 'emailaddress' => $Requestor->{'values'}->{'emailaddress'}, },
} ) ) {
- use FS::contact;
- my $lname = $Requestor->{'values'}->{'realname'} ?
- (split (/ /, $Requestor->{'values'}->{'realname'}))[-1] :
- 'Requestor';
+ ## get first and last name for contact.
+ my ($fname, $lname) = (
+ split (/\@/, substr($Requestor->{'values'}->{'emailaddress'}, 0, index($Requestor->{'values'}->{'emailaddress'}, ".")))
+ );
+
+ use Lingua::EN::NameParse;
+ my $name = Lingua::EN::NameParse->new();
+
+ my $error = $name->parse($Requestor->{'values'}->{'realname'})
+ unless !$Requestor->{'values'}->{'realname'};
- my $fname = $Requestor->{'values'}->{'realname'} ?
- (split (/ /, $Requestor->{'values'}->{'realname'}))[0] :
- 'RT';
+ my %name_comps = $name->components unless !$Requestor->{'values'}->{'realname'} || $error;
+ $fname = $name_comps{given_name_1} || $name_comps{initials_1} unless !$name_comps{given_name_1} && !$name_comps{initials_1};
+ $lname = $name_comps{surname_1} unless !$name_comps{surname_1};
+
+ ## create the contact.
+ use FS::contact;
my $contact = new FS::contact {
'custnum' => $custnum,
'first' => $fname,