Operator value != when it seems to be ==

[ReeceSayer]

Hi,

 

This ones stumped me a little as i've done this previously and it seemed to work fine:

 

I have a form to add with two password boxes, the IDs are different as they should be but the type is the same:

 

<form action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>" method="post">
<p>New Password: <input type="password" id="newpassword" name="newpassword" /></p><br />
<p>Confirm Password: <input type="password" id="confirmpassword" name="confirmpassword" /></p><br />
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></p>
</form>

 

I have this code to check if they are both equal then md5 them and add them to the database:

 

// Check if button name "submit" is active, do this 
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

//variable to identify user
$email = ($_SESSION['email']);

//post variable from form
$newpassword = $_POST['newpassword']; 
$password = $_POST['confirmpassword']; 

//if passwords are not equal
if($password != $confirmpassword)  {  
echo "The passwords do not match<br />";  

//debugging - to see if they are equal or not - remove afterwards
echo $password . "<br />";
echo $newpassword . "<br />";
}  

//if passwords are equal
if($newpassword == $password)  {

//use md5 so they match when logging in
$password = md5($password);  
$newpassword = md5($newpassword);

$sql= "UPDATE users SET password='$newpassword' WHERE username='$email'";  
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if($result)  
    {  
    echo "Congratulations You have successfully changed your password";  
    }   
}
}

 

I've tried to explain my thinking as best i can in the code, the debugging part at the top shows that both values  seem to be identical yet i'm being thrown into the not equal loop and they aren't adding to the database.

 

Can anyone explain what i'm doing wrong here? I imagine its only minor but its thrown me.

 

Cheers

[unlishema.wolf]

Just look at your variables.

 

$newpassword = $_POST['newpassword']; 
$password = $_POST['confirmpassword']; 

if($password != $confirmpassword)  {  
echo "The passwords do not match<br />";

[ReeceSayer]

Ahhhh Sh*t sorry for wasting your time 

 

Not a clue why i haven't already noticed that.

[unlishema.wolf]

lol it happens to the best of us

[HDFilmMaker2112]

Also, you should probably be using an elseif on the second check.