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Introduction to User Authentication in PHP

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4:02 with Alena Holligan

Giving the user a way they can update their password is important. In this video, we will create a User Profile page with a password reset form.

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    [MUSIC] 0:00
    Now that we've set up the authentication portion of the website, 0:04
    we know that the users are allowed to be here, but what are they allowed to do? 0:08
    We want to make sure that a user can vote on a book. 0:13
    They can vote only once, but they're allowed to change their vote. 0:17
    They should not be able to change anyone else's vote. 0:21
    We also want to allow users to add books and update their own books. 0:25
    This is one area we may want to allow 0:30
    certain users to have access to all the books. 0:33
    These will be our administrators. 0:36
    Before we start handling our books, there's another feature that should be 0:39
    specific to a user, the ability to change their password. 0:43
    Let's add that functionality to our site by providing a quick and easy way for 0:48
    a user to change their own password, and 0:52
    only their own password, once they're logged in. 0:55
    Let's start by adding a link in our navigation if the user is logged in. 0:59
    We'll add this with the logout, so let's copy that item. 1:07
    We'll then change it to My Account and 1:13
    link to account.php. 1:19
    Now we're ready to create our account page. 1:22
    We'll create a new file called account.php. 1:25
    Let's make sure it's not in our template folder. 1:32
    Great, now we're gonna copy everything from register.php. 1:37
    And we're ready to make some changes. 1:49
    First, let's add the requireAuth function. 1:52
    This means that a user is required to be logged in. 2:00
    This logged in user will be the one whose password we'll be updating. 2:04
    Next, we're going to change the form action to changePassword. 2:08
    Next, we'll change the heading, We want this to read My Account. 2:18
    Then we're going to add a secondary header, 2:27
    We'll add Change Password. 2:34
    Next, we're going to change the first field, Username, to CurrentPassword. 2:38
    We've got the for, the id, and the placeholder. 2:58
    Our type will be password, And 3:04
    our name will be current_password, 3:09
    And our label will be Current Password. 3:17
    Then for other password fields, 3:20
    we're going to clearly state New Password. 3:24
    Finally, we'll change the button text to read Change Password. 3:35
    Let's take a look at this in the browser. 3:46
    When the use is logged in, they see a link to my account. 3:50
    And here we see a form to update the password. 3:56
    Now let's get that update working. 4:00

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