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Now that all our password checks pass, we can update the user with the new password.
If we pass all these checks.
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We're ready to update the password.
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Let's create a new function to do this.
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The update password function
will do a standard update query
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where will pass the new hash password and
the user ID.
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Only the global $db and
our try catch block.
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We can return false if
the password was not updated.
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Update users.
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Send.
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Password = password WHERE id = :userId.
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Let's prepare a query and
bind our variables.
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And finally, execute.
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If everything worked, we can return true.
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Now let's use this
function in our procedure.
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Make sure we call the password hash
function and our new password.
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Finally, let's redirect the user
with the success or error message.
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Now we can add a link
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in our navigation
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if the user is
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logged in.
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Let's test this out in the browser.
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