User Deactivated by Admin Should Not Be Allowed to Activate Again

[EliMariaaaa]

Hello! I'd like to not allow the user to login if the admin deactivated his/her account. I use the $user->deactivate() code. But when I login the deactivated account, I get an email activation email. How can I differentiate the email activation for newly registered users and the one that the admin deactivated?

[warcooft]

Hello! I'd like to not allow the user to login if the admin deactivated his/her account. I use the $user->deactivate() code. But when I login the deactivated account, I get an email activation email. How can I differentiate the email activation for newly registered users and the one that the admin deactivated?

Try using

$user->ban();

[datamweb]

The activation and deactivation logic is related to email confirmation. If you want to prevent the user from entering, you must block the user. See the link below:
https://shield.codeigniter.com/user_management/banning_users