[code]
function mail_password()
{
global $err_msg;
//get the variables from the form
if ((isset($_POST['email']))&&(isset($_POST['lg_name']))){
$email = $_POST['email'];
$mid = $_POST['lg_name'];
$date_cookie = $_COOKIE['last_time'];
}else{
$err_msg = "<b>Please enter both your email address and your username. Thank you.</b>";
show_form();
die();
}//end if
//create the sql and run the query
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_email='$email' and user_name = '$mid'";
$result = connect($sql);
//check the query results
if (mysql_num_rows($result)!=1){
$err_msg = "<font color=red>No results found. Please re-enter your username and email address to try again.</font>";
show_form();
}else{ $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$email2 = $row['cust_email'];
$pass = $row['cust_pw'];//call the change password function and pass it the information related to the record to create the temp password
$new_pass = change_password($mid, $pass);
$sendto = $email2;
$from = "WebMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>";
$subject = "Forgotten Password";
$message = "Dear $email2,Your password is $new_pass.
Regards,
Webmaster";
echo $message; $headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
$headers .= "X-Priority: 3\n";
$headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: Normal\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: php\n";
$headers .= "From: \"".$from."\" <".$from.">\n"; if (!mail($sendto, $subject, $message, $headers)){
echo "Mail failed to send";
}else{
header("location:confirm1.htm");
}//end if
}//end if
}//end function//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// change password function
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function change_password($id, $password)
{
//generate a random password
$pass = "";
$salt = "abchefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$i = 0;
while ($i <= 7) {
$num = rand() % 33;
$tmp = substr($salt, $num, 1);
$pass = $pass . $tmp;
$i++;
}
//change the password in the db
$sql = "update cust_info set cust_pw ='".md5($pass)."', temp_pass = 1 where cust_lg = '$id' and cust_pw = '$password'";
$result = connect($sql);
if ($result){
return $pass;
}else{
change_password($id, $password);
}
}//end function
[/code]
bastien
From: "moses Woldeselassie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] MySQLPHP decrypt(password) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:20:55 +0000
hi all
I am using password() to crypt a user password online. but how do i decrypt a user password, when user forgot his/her password?
kind regards m
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