Hiya guys, I am a basic php programmer, I'm currently doing a forgotten password feature for a project and only started working on it last night. I was succuessful to set up a form and a database to test out checking the email in the database to then send a password to the user email account however it is currently sending nothing to them. Any help/tips would be greatly apprecated.
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Hey.
We would need to see the code that is causing the problem to be help you figure this out.
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Just a tip on this, I would advise you to use one of the built in encryption methods in PHP like sha or md5 when storing the password in the database and instead of retrieving a password from the database and sending it to the client I would send a password change email so you can reduce the chance of passwords being intercepted and it helps with security in general.Comment
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Hiya guys, sorry on late reply I have just been busy. For the moment the code I am using is off http://www.phpeasystep.com/phptu/21.html The only changes I had made to it is the connection details e.g local host etc, For adding some encryption methods I was planning on doing so if I had the time but I only have a day or so to get this done so I was just wanting to get a working feature done first and if any time I would add some to it. At all will I need a mail server to send the email? Going to see a group member next week who said he had one for something else and was planning on to help me get it working.
Thanks for your help and advice.Comment
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