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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 $email = sanitize_input($email); $password = sanitize_input($password); // Check if both fields are filled, if not, set appropriate error messages. if (empty($email)) $emailErr = "Please enter your email"; if (empty($password)) $passwordErr = "Please enter your password"; // If either of the fields were empty, // set old values for prefill and return. if(!empty($emailErr) || !empty($passwordErr)) { $emailOld = $email; $passwordOld = $password; return; } // Prepare and bind the sql statement $stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT user_id, username, email, password FROM users WHERE email = :email;"); $stmt->bindParam(":email", $email); // 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) { $emailOld = $email; $passwordOld = $password; $emailErr = "This user either doesn't exist, or has a different password."; return; } // Load results to variables $db_id = $result["user_id"]; $db_username = $result["username"]; $db_email = $result["email"]; $db_password = $result["password"]; // If user entered incorrect password, set errors, old values, and return. // Keep the error string the same as non-existing so that an attacker // cannot asses whether a given user has an account. if(!password_verify($password, $db_password)){ $emailOld = $email; $passwordOld = $password; $emailErr = "This user either doesn't exist, or has a different password."; return; } $_SESSION["user_id"] = $db_id; $_SESSION["user_name"] = $db_username; $_SESSION["user_email"] = $db_email; } /** * If user sent the form, process it. * Either login user or set error message variables. */ if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { attempt_login($_POST["email"], $_POST["password"]); } ?>
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