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PHP PHP User Authentication Adding Authentication to Your Application Securing Passwords

Posted by Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
5,801 Points

Uncaught PDOException Error

Hi everyone!

I keep getting a Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[23000] error from my createUser function. I have followed along with the video exact, I even downloaded the and copy and pasted the createUser function.

Here is the function:

function createUser($email, $password) {
   global $db;

   try {
      $query = "INSERT INTO users (email, password, role_id) VALUES (:email, :password, 2)";
      $stmt = $db->prepare($query);
      $stmt->bindParam(':email', $email);
      $stmt->bindParam(':password', $password);
      $stmt->execute();

      return findUserByEmail($email);
   } catch (\Exception $e) {
      throw $e;
   }
}

Here is the error I keep getting:

Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 19 NOT NULL constraint failed: users.password in /Users/stucowley/Dropbox/Projects/Training/php-user-authentication/inc/functions.php:199 Stack trace: #0 /Users/stucowley/Dropbox/Projects/Training/php-user-authentication/inc/functions.php(199): PDOStatement->execute() #1 /Users/stucowley/Dropbox/Projects/Training/php-user-authentication/procedures/doRegister.php(22): createUser('stucowley@outlo...', NULL) #2 {main} thrown in /Users/stucowley/Dropbox/Projects/Training/php-user-authentication/inc/functions.php on line 199

I would appreciate some help with this as I am a bit confused as to why it isn't working.

Thanking you all in advance

Stu 😊

Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
5,801 Points

Boom! That did it, thanks Chris Shaw 👍

1 Answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Stu,

Have you checked that the $password value isn't empty? The error is suggesting your column has a constraint that prevent empty or null values from being entered.