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If you see this error in production, please shoot me an email with helpful details. "); include_once($GLOBALS['COMMONS']."/footer.php"); die(); } // Sanitize inputs $username = sanitize_input($username); $password = sanitize_input($password); // Check if both fields are filled, if not, set appropriate error messages. if (empty($username)) $usernameErr = "Please enter your username."; if (empty($password)) $passwordErr = "Please enter your password."; // If either of the fields were empty, // set old values for prefill and return. if(!empty($usernameErr) || !empty($passwordErr)) { $usernameOld = $username; $passwordOld = $password; return; } // Prepare and bind the sql statement $stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT user_id, password, created_at, permissions FROM users WHERE username = :username;"); $stmt->bindParam(":username", $username); // Execute the statement $stmt->execute(); // Fetch the values $result = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); // If the user isn't in the database, set errors, old values, and return. if(!$result) { $usernameOld = $username; $passwordOld = $password; $usernameErr = "This user either doesn't exist, or has a different password."; return; } // Load results to variables $db_id = $result["user_id"]; $db_password = $result["password"]; $db_permissions = $result["permissions"]; // If user entered incorrect password, set errors, old values, and return. // Keep the error string the same as non-existing so that an attacker // cannot asses whether a given user has an account. if(!password_verify($password, $db_password)){ $usernameOld = $username; $passwordOld = $password; $usernameErr = "This user either doesn't exist, or has a different password."; return; } // Set the session logged in user. $_SESSION["current_user"] = new User($db_id, $username, $db_permissions); } /** * If user sent the form, process it. This starts a session. * Either login user and redirect to index or set error message variables. */ if (isset($_POST["submit"])) { session_start(); // Log user out $_SESSION["current_user"] = null; // Attempt to log in attempt_login($conn, $_POST["username"], $_POST["password"]); // If login succeeded, go to index if($_SESSION["current_user"] != null) { header("Location: "."http://www.zdenekborovec-dev.cz"); } } ?>
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