Making a Password Confirmation in PHP
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From: Michael Calkins on 24 Jun 2010 14:22 This is very straight forward, if password a and b are not equal to each other, how can I let the user know that with out losing all of the entered information on the registration form? I was trying this: ---$p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" />"; $p2 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p2\" />"; // if they didn't match return $p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" value=\"" . $p1 . "\"/>";--- I was trying to change the value of the variable which shows the input field to have the password already in it. and either one would just be echo'd depending on the result. Any ideas please? From,Michael Calkinsmichaelcalkins(a)live.com elementFontfont-familyfont-sizefont-stylefont-variantfont-weightletter-spacingline-heighttext-decorationtext-aligntext-indenttext-transformwhite-spaceword-spacingcolorBackgroundbg-attachmentbg-colorbg-imagebg-positionbg-repeatBoxwidthheightborder-topborder-rightborder-bottomborder-leftmarginpaddingmax-heightmin-heightmax-widthmin-widthoutline-coloroutline-styleoutline-widthPositioningpositiontopbottomrightleftfloatdisplayclearz-indexListlist-style-imagelist-style-typelist-style-positionTablevertical-alignborder-collapseborder-spacingcaption-sideempty-cellstable-layoutEffectstext-shadow-webkit-box-shadowborder-radiusOtheroverflowcursorvisibility _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1
From: Ashley Sheridan on 24 Jun 2010 14:26 On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 11:22 -0700, Michael Calkins wrote: > This is very straight forward, if password a and b are not equal to each other, how can I let the user know that with out losing all of the entered information on the registration form? > I was trying this: > ---$p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" />"; > $p2 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p2\" />"; > // if they didn't match return > $p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" value=\"" . $p1 . "\"/>";--- > I was trying to change the value of the variable which shows the input field to have the password already in it. > and either one would just be echo'd depending on the result. > Any ideas please? > > From,Michael Calkinsmichaelcalkins(a)live.com > > elementFontfont-familyfont-sizefont-stylefont-variantfont-weightletter-spacingline-heighttext-decorationtext-aligntext-indenttext-transformwhite-spaceword-spacingcolorBackgroundbg-attachmentbg-colorbg-imagebg-positionbg-repeatBoxwidthheightborder-topborder-rightborder-bottomborder-leftmarginpaddingmax-heightmin-heightmax-widthmin-widthoutline-coloroutline-styleoutline-widthPositioningpositiontopbottomrightleftfloatdisplayclearz-indexListlist-style-imagelist-style-typelist-style-positionTablevertical-alignborder-collapseborder-spacingcaption-sideempty-cellstable-layoutEffectstext-shadow-webkit-box-shadowborder-radiusOtheroverflowcursorvisibility > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 When you output the form again, output it with the values that were sent to you (take care about deliberate injection though) For things like select lists, I find I end up creating these from an array in PHP anyway, so it's easy to loop through the array and set the selected attribute if that's the value that was picked. Checkboxes and radio buttons; if the value has been sent by the user, then mark them checked when you output the html for them. Don't fill password boxes, as that confuses the user. If they mistyped, how do they know what value it holds anyway? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
From: Floyd Resler on 24 Jun 2010 14:29 On Jun 24, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Michael Calkins wrote: > > This is very straight forward, if password a and b are not equal to each other, how can I let the user know that with out losing all of the entered information on the registration form? > I was trying this: > ---$p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" />"; > $p2 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p2\" />"; > // if they didn't match return > $p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" value=\"" . $p1 . "\"/>";--- > I was trying to change the value of the variable which shows the input field to have the password already in it. > and either one would just be echo'd depending on the result. > Any ideas please? > > From,Michael Calkinsmichaelcalkins(a)live.com > > If you aren't opposed to using JavaScript, I'd do it there. If you don't want to use JavaScript then you can load the form data from the $_POST (or $_GET) array that was passed back to your script. Take care, Floyd
From: Ashley Sheridan on 24 Jun 2010 14:32 On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 14:29 -0400, Floyd Resler wrote: > On Jun 24, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Michael Calkins wrote: > > > > > This is very straight forward, if password a and b are not equal to each other, how can I let the user know that with out losing all of the entered information on the registration form? > > I was trying this: > > ---$p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" />"; > > $p2 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p2\" />"; > > // if they didn't match return > > $p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" value=\"" . $p1 . "\"/>";--- > > I was trying to change the value of the variable which shows the input field to have the password already in it. > > and either one would just be echo'd depending on the result. > > Any ideas please? > > > > From,Michael Calkinsmichaelcalkins(a)live.com > > > > > If you aren't opposed to using JavaScript, I'd do it there. If you don't want to use JavaScript then you can load the form data from the $_POST (or $_GET) array that was passed back to your script. > > Take care, > Floyd > > > Is Javascript allowed to read the value of password boxes? I was of the understanding that it couldn't, so checking if a password field matches another is pretty moot. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?David_=C8esal?= on 24 Jun 2010 14:37
Yes, it is. D -----Original Message----- From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash(a)ashleysheridan.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:32 PM To: Floyd Resler Cc: PHP Subject: Re: [PHP] Making a Password Confirmation in PHP On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 14:29 -0400, Floyd Resler wrote: > On Jun 24, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Michael Calkins wrote: > > > > > This is very straight forward, if password a and b are not equal to each other, how can I let the user know that with out losing all of the entered information on the registration form? > > I was trying this: > > ---$p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" />"; > > $p2 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p2\" />"; // if they > > didn't match return > > $p1 = "<input type=\"password\" name=\"usr_p1\" value=\"" . $p1 . > > "\"/>";--- I was trying to change the value of the variable which shows the input field to have the password already in it. > > and either one would just be echo'd depending on the result. > > Any ideas please? > > > > From,Michael Calkinsmichaelcalkins(a)live.com > > > > > If you aren't opposed to using JavaScript, I'd do it there. If you don't want to use JavaScript then you can load the form data from the $_POST (or $_GET) array that was passed back to your script. > > Take care, > Floyd > > > Is Javascript allowed to read the value of password boxes? I was of the understanding that it couldn't, so checking if a password field matches another is pretty moot. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk |