Confirming Someone's email

[David]

I have come up with the idea to confirm someone's email by generating
a random codeword which is sent to the email address they enter on a
registration form.
I then get them to click a link which takes them to a page where they
have to then enter their email along with the codeword.
This ensure that the email address is valid, However...

Is there an easier way of doing it? I know it is possible to simple
email them a link which when they click it completes the registration
process, but I have no idea how to implement such a thing.

Any help welcomed!

[Pedro]

Re: Confirming Someone's email

David wrote:[color=blue]
> I have come up with the idea to confirm someone's email by generating
> a random codeword which is sent to the email address they enter on a
> registration form.
> I then get them to click a link which takes them to a page where they
> have to then enter their email along with the codeword.
> This ensure that the email address is valid, However...
>
> Is there an easier way of doing it? I know it is possible to simple
> email them a link which when they click it completes the registration
> process, but I have no idea how to implement such a thing.[/color]

Include the code in the URL you send them, something such as

http://your.server.com/mail/validate.php?code=IIHLVOWG

Then your validate.php script verifies that code against the database.
If the code is not specified in the URL provide a text box for it.

This code should only be valid for some time (24 hours, a week, ...)

.... and they are not required to type anything, not even their address.


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[furry]

Re: Confirming Someone's email

There is a superb tutorial on phpfreaks.com that explains all this, plus all
the signup, validation, lost password, stuff that you need when creating a
membership system on your site.

This utilises MySQL as the database. All the code is provided on the last
page.

http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/40/0.php

Hope this helps - it sure helped me.

"Pedro" <hexkid@hotpop. com> wrote in message
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David wrote:[color=blue]
> I have come up with the idea to confirm someone's email by generating
> a random codeword which is sent to the email address they enter on a
> registration form.
> I then get them to click a link which takes them to a page where they
> have to then enter their email along with the codeword.
> This ensure that the email address is valid, However...
>
> Is there an easier way of doing it? I know it is possible to simple
> email them a link which when they click it completes the registration
> process, but I have no idea how to implement such a thing.[/color]

Include the code in the URL you send them, something such as

http://your.server.com/mail/validate.php?code=IIHLVOWG

Then your validate.php script verifies that code against the database.
If the code is not specified in the URL provide a text box for it.

This code should only be valid for some time (24 hours, a week, ...)

.... and they are not required to type anything, not even their address.


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I have a spam filter working.
To mail me include "urkxvq" (with or without the quotes)
in the subject line, or your mail will be ruthlessly discarded.