Hey Technoz, Hope you are doing great! Today, we’ll see how to implement an important feature- forgot password or password reset system in our php website. In many circumstances, users may forgot their password, so this is a must have system for every dynamic website. So lets start.
Creating Forgot Password (Password Reset) system
Creating Database
As our website is dynamic and deals with user data, we need a database to store user entries in it. Simply create table ‘users’ and make 4 fields in it as id, name, email and password. You can use SQL query below to create the same.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` ( `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `name` varchar(50) NOT NULL, `email` varchar(50) NOT NULL, `password` varchar(100) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`) )
Connection Files
We need to connect the system with the database. So create php file config.php and add code below.
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=forgotpass", $username, $password);
// set the PDO error mode to exception
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
Remember to replaces values with yours.
Download phpmailer library
As we are sending email with phpmailer library, we need to download and put it on our project. Go to this link and download phpmailer. Put it in root folder of your project.
Forgot Password Mechanism
Now, we need to write code for Forgot Password system, so create file forgot-pass.php and paste the below code in it.
<html>
<head>
<title>Forgot Password</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/4/w3.css">
</head>
<body>
<center>
<div class="w3-container">
<div class="w3-panel w3-card-4 w3-blue" style="margin:5% 10% 0px 10%; padding:2% 0px 0px 0px;">
<header class="w3-container w3-purple">
<h1>Forgot Password in php | Technopoints</h1>
</header>
<form class="login-page" method="post" action="">
<label>Enter your email below and we'll send you password reset link</label>
<input type="email" name="email" class="w3-input" style="color:black; width:20%;margin:0px 0px 10px 0px;">
<button style="margin-bottom:2%" class="w3-btn w3-red w3-round-large" name="submitmail" type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
<footer class="w3-container w3-green">
<h5>Powered by <a href="https://technopoints.co.in">Technopoints</a></h5>
</footer>
<!--php code for password reset-->
<?php
include "config.php";
$msg="";
if(isset($_POST['submitmail'])){
require_once "phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php";
$email=$_POST['email'];
$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS count from users where email = :email";
try {
$stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bindValue(":email", $email);
$stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->fetchAll();
if ($result[0]["count"] > 0) {
$fetchqry="SELECT id from users WHERE email=:email";
$fetchid=$conn->prepare($fetchqry);
$fetchid->bindValue(":email",$email);
$fetchid->execute();
while ($row = $fetchid->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
{
$id= $row['id'];
}
$url="http://localhost/forgotpass/reset-pass.php?id=" . base64_encode($id) . "";
$message="
<html>
<head>
<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width' />
<meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=UTF-8' />
<title>Simple Transactional Email</title>
<style>
/* -------------------------------------
GLOBAL RESETS
------------------------------------- */
img {
border: none;
-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;
max-width: 100%; }
body {
background-color: #f6f6f6;
font-family: sans-serif;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 1.4;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }
table {
border-collapse: separate;
mso-table-lspace: 0pt;
mso-table-rspace: 0pt;
width: 100%; }
table td {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
vertical-align: top; }
/* -------------------------------------
BODY & CONTAINER
------------------------------------- */
.body {
background-color: #f6f6f6;
width: 100%; }
/* Set a max-width, and make it display as block so it will automatically stretch to that width, but will also shrink down on a phone or something */
.container {
display: block;
Margin: 0 auto !important;
/* makes it centered */
max-width: 580px;
padding: 10px;
width: 580px; }
/* This should also be a block element, so that it will fill 100% of the .container */
.content {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
Margin: 0 auto;
max-width: 580px;
padding: 10px; }
/* -------------------------------------
HEADER, FOOTER, MAIN
------------------------------------- */
.main {
background: #ffffff;
border-radius: 3px;
width: 100%; }
.wrapper {
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: 20px; }
.content-block {
padding-bottom: 10px;
padding-top: 10px;
}
.footer {
clear: both;
Margin-top: 10px;
text-align: center;
width: 100%; }
.footer td,
.footer p,
.footer span,
.footer a {
color: #999999;
font-size: 12px;
text-align: center; }
/* -------------------------------------
TYPOGRAPHY
------------------------------------- */
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4 {
color: #000000;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 1.4;
margin: 0;
Margin-bottom: 30px; }
h1 {
font-size: 35px;
font-weight: 300;
text-align: center;
text-transform: capitalize; }
p,
ul,
ol {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0;
Margin-bottom: 15px; }
p li,
ul li,
ol li {
list-style-position: inside;
margin-left: 5px; }
a {
color: #3498db;
text-decoration: underline; }
/* -------------------------------------
BUTTONS
------------------------------------- */
.btn {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100%; }
.btn > tbody > tr > td {
padding-bottom: 15px; }
.btn table {
width: auto; }
.btn table td {
background-color: #ffffff;
border-radius: 5px;
text-align: center; }
.btn a {
background-color: #ffffff;
border: solid 1px #3498db;
border-radius: 5px;
box-sizing: border-box;
color: #3498db;
cursor: pointer;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0;
padding: 12px 25px;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: capitalize; }
.btn-primary table td {
background-color: #3498db; }
.btn-primary a {
background-color: #3498db;
border-color: #3498db;
color: #ffffff; }
/* -------------------------------------
OTHER STYLES THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL
------------------------------------- */
.last {
margin-bottom: 0; }
.first {
margin-top: 0; }
.align-center {
text-align: center; }
.align-right {
text-align: right; }
.align-left {
text-align: left; }
.clear {
clear: both; }
.mt0 {
margin-top: 0; }
.mb0 {
margin-bottom: 0; }
.preheader {
color: transparent;
display: none;
height: 0;
max-height: 0;
max-width: 0;
opacity: 0;
overflow: hidden;
mso-hide: all;
visibility: hidden;
width: 0; }
.powered-by a {
text-decoration: none; }
hr {
border: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #f6f6f6;
Margin: 20px 0; }
/* -------------------------------------
RESPONSIVE AND MOBILE FRIENDLY STYLES
------------------------------------- */
@media only screen and (max-width: 620px) {
table[class=body] h1 {
font-size: 28px !important;
margin-bottom: 10px !important; }
table[class=body] p,
table[class=body] ul,
table[class=body] ol,
table[class=body] td,
table[class=body] span,
table[class=body] a {
font-size: 16px !important; }
table[class=body] .wrapper,
table[class=body] .article {
padding: 10px !important; }
table[class=body] .content {
padding: 0 !important; }
table[class=body] .container {
padding: 0 !important;
width: 100% !important; }
table[class=body] .main {
border-left-width: 0 !important;
border-radius: 0 !important;
border-right-width: 0 !important; }
table[class=body] .btn table {
width: 100% !important; }
table[class=body] .btn a {
width: 100% !important; }
table[class=body] .img-responsive {
height: auto !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
width: auto !important; }}
/* -------------------------------------
PRESERVE THESE STYLES IN THE HEAD
------------------------------------- */
@media all {
.ExternalClass {
width: 100%; }
.ExternalClass,
.ExternalClass p,
.ExternalClass span,
.ExternalClass font,
.ExternalClass td,
.ExternalClass div {
line-height: 100%; }
.apple-link a {
color: inherit !important;
font-family: inherit !important;
font-size: inherit !important;
font-weight: inherit !important;
line-height: inherit !important;
text-decoration: none !important; }
.btn-primary table td:hover {
background-color: #34495e !important; }
.btn-primary a:hover {
background-color: #34495e !important;
border-color: #34495e !important; } }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' class='body' style='padding-top:2%'>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td class='container'>
<div class='content'>
<!-- START CENTERED WHITE CONTAINER -->
<span class='preheader'>New Contact Form Entry.</span>
<table class='main'>
<tr>
<td class='wrapper'>
<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>
<tr>
<td><center>
<p><img src='https://i2.wp.com/technopoints.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Technopoints-logo.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1' width='20%' height='20%'></p>
<p><h2>Password Reset Request</h2></p></center>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- START MAIN CONTENT AREA -->
<tr>
<td class='wrapper'>
<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>We have received a password reset request from the email address $email on Technopoints.</p>
<p>Click on the button below to reset your password.</p>
<p> <center><a href=".$url." target='_blank' style='width:80%; display: inline-block; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3498db; border: solid 1px #3498db; border-radius: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 12px 25px; text-transform: capitalize; border-color: #3498db;'>Forgot Password</a></center></p>
<p>Thanks for registring with us.</p>
<p>Regards,<br/>Technopoints</p>
<p>If you have not performed this activity, then please ignore this email.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- END MAIN CONTENT AREA -->
</table>
<!-- START FOOTER -->
<div class='footer'>
<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'>
<tr>
<td class='content-block'>
<span class='apple-link'>Technopoints, 27 XYZ Road, Pune, Maharashtra,India 445001</span>
<br> This is mandatory service email sent to you by Technopoints.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='content-block powered-by'>
Powered by <a href='https://technopoints.co.in'>Technopoints</a>.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!-- END FOOTER -->
<!-- END CENTERED WHITE CONTAINER -->
</div>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>";
// php mailer code starts
$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
//$mail->SMTPDebug = 0; // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls"; // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host = "mx1.domain.com"; //replace values with yours
$mail->Port = 587; //replace values with yours
$mail->Username = 'mail@example.com'; //replace values with yours
$mail->Password = 'XXXXXX'; //replace values with yours
$mail->SetFrom('mail@example.com', 'Organization'); //replace values with yours
$mail->AddAddress($email);
$mail->Subject = trim("Forgot Password - Technopoints");
$mail->MsgHTML($message);
try {
$mail->send();
$msg = "A password reset link has been sent to your email address.";
$msgType = "success";
} catch (Exception $ex) {
$msg = $ex->getMessage();
$msg = "Mail could not be send. Please check your interent connection!";
$msgType = "danger";
}
} else {
$msg = "Sorry! Your email is not registered with us.";
$msgType = "danger";
}
}
catch (Exception $ex) {
//echo $ex->getMessage();
$msg = "Unexpected error occured! please refresh the page.";
$msgType = "danger";
}
}
if ($msg <> "") { ?>
<div style="margin-top:2%" class="alert alert-dismissable alert-<?php echo $msgType; ?>">
<a href="#" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-label="close">×</a>
<center><b><?php echo $msg;?></b></center>
</div>
<?php }
?>
</div>
</div>
</center>
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script src="js/index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
The above code check if the entry exists in database. If so, then an email with the forgot password link will be sent to the user’s registered email address. The $message is assigned the whole email template which is sent as an email to the recipient. Lets look in the screenshot below after mail sent successfully.
Password Reset Mechanism
Now, we have to handle the button click event sent to the user in the email. Create php file reset-pass.php and paste below code in it.
<html>
<head>
<title>Reset Password</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css"><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/4/w3.css">
</head>
<body>
<center>
<div class="w3-container">
<div class="w3-panel w3-card-4 w3-blue" style="margin:5% 10% 0px 10%; padding:2% 0px 2% 0px;">
<header class="w3-container w3-purple">
<h1>Forgot Password in php | Technopoints</h1>
</header>
<br/>
<form method="post" action="">
<label>Enter your new password:</label>
<input type="password" class="w3-input" style="color:black; width:20%;margin:0px 0px 10px 0px;" name="password">
<input class="w3-btn w3-red w3-round-large" type="submit" name="submitpass">
</form>
<footer class="w3-container w3-green">
<h5>Powered by <a href="https://technopoints.co.in">Technopoints</a></h5>
</footer>
<?php
require_once 'config.php';
$msg="";
if (isset($_POST['submitpass'])) {
$id = intval(base64_decode($_GET["id"]));
$password=$_POST['password'];
$sql = "UPDATE users SET `password`=:password WHERE `id`=:id";
try {
$stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bindValue(":password", $password);
$stmt->bindValue(":id", $id);
$stmt->execute();
$msg = "password changed successfully!";
$msgType = "success";
} catch (Exception $ex) {
echo $ex->getMessage();
$msg = "Something went wrong. Plesae try again!";
$msgType = "danger";
}
}
if ($msg <> "") { ?>
<div style="margin-top:2%" class="alert alert-dismissable alert-<?php echo $msgType; ?>">
<a href="#" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-label="close">×</a>
<center><b><?php echo $msg;?></b></center>
</div>
<?php }
?>
</div>
</div>
</center>
The url on the button is the link to above file, with GET parameter as id encoded in base64_encode() function, in the previous file. This file takes encoded value of id, decodes it, and updates the record with the new password as typed by user with primary key as id. In this tutorial, we’ve not encrypted password to see the updated value. You can see updated value in the password column in database.
Lets have a look after successful password reset in image below.
That’s it! It is working fine. Hope you liked it. Please subscribe our blog to receive more such knowledgeable and useful tutorials. If you have any problems, feel free to comment below. We’ll try our best to solve your query. Thanks:)
Download Source Code
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