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johnny

Oct 16 2004, 08:19 AM

Hey guys,

I'm posting this here because I really don't know of any other forums, and I'm too lazy to look for one

I have written a very basic change password script for my website. However, it doesn't seem to be very stable at all. I can change my password and it would work perfectly fine. But the next day, it seems to go haywire, and the password no longer works.

Are there any PHP guru's out there that can help?

Here's the code. If there's any other info you need, just ask.

CODE

<?

session_start();

include 'db.php';

switch($_POST['change']){
    default:
    include 'new_pw.php';
    break;

    case "change":
    change_pw($_POST['password']);
    break;
}
function change_pw($password){
    if(!$password){
echo "Please enter in a valid password.<br />";
include 'new_pw.php';
exit();
    }

    $db_password = md5($password);

    $sql = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET password='$db_password' WHERE userid='$userid'");

    $subject = "Your Password at Tasmo.org!";
    $message = "Hi, you have recently changed your password.

Username: $userid
    New Password: $password

    Thanks!
    Tasmo.org Staff

    This is an automated response, please do not reply!";

    mail($email_address, $subject, $message, "From: Tasmo.org<admin@tasmo.org>\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());
    echo "Your password has been changes successfully.<br />";
    include 'login_u.php';
}
?>

Thanks,
Johnny

kingtaco

Oct 20 2004, 07:26 PM

well the only thing that i can think of, is that perhaps your variables are confused.

if "password" is the variable that stores the current password, and also the variable that you assign the new password too, your compiler may be getting jacked up.

Try renaming your new password variable to something like $new_pass.

That may solve your problems

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