making user accounts

[dannerz]

Hello.

 

I would like to know how to make a user account.

 

I want to make a game someday, and the plan is to make the game using php, MySQL and maybe also java script.

 

I know a small amount of things, but now I want to learn how to make user accounts.

[ginerjm]

Generally, you have a database table created to hold the pertinent items according to your needs.  Obviously a uid and pswd, with the pswd encrypted using the best one you can access on your system/host.  A secure application to request and authenticate your users login info is a must.  A token that lets the rest of your application know whether or not the user is allowed to proceed is the ultimate results of the logon process which can be a session var or a cookie.

 

All of this will require you learning more than a small amount of many things.

[dannerz]

What would the first steps to learning how be?

[ginerjm]

How about doing some research on databases and tables and sql?  Then some reading up on what is important to do when writing an authentication script.  Maybe a good book on php and MySQL would come in handy. There are many ways to learn these things.  Do some research and see which ones resonate with you and your learning abilities.

[dannerz]

Thanks. Maybe I'll try to figure out how to buy a book from amazon or something similar.