login form not working

[Rybat]

```

<?php 
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
ini_set('display_startup_errors', '1');
error_reporting(E_ALL);

session_start();
include_once 'connect/conn.php'; 
?>
<?php
    if(isset($_POST['login'])){

     $username = $_POST['username'];
      $password = $_POST['password'];
      $msg = '';

     $hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM `users` where `username`=:username and `password`=:password";

     $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);

     $stmt->execute(array(':username' => $username,':password' => $hash  ));

     $count = $stmt->rowCount();

     if ($count > 0){

         $_SESSION["username"] = $_POST["username"]; 

         die(header('Location: http://localhost/auth/login.php'));
      
     }else{

         $msg = '<label>Wrong Data</label>'; 
        
     } 
}

?>```
 

[mac_gyver]

password_hash() is used when you store the hashed password, during registration.

to test if the entered password corresponds to the hashed value, you must retrieve the hashed value from the database table and use password_verify()

also, the only thing you should store in the session variable is the user's id, from an auto-increment column in your users table. to get any other user information, query for and retrieve it based on the user id.

[Rybat]

I tried the code differently using password verify but does not go further from echo "no password" could I have done a mistake i am not seeing

here is the code

```

<?php 
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
ini_set('display_startup_errors', '1');
error_reporting(E_ALL);

session_start();
include_once 'connect/conn.php'; 
?>
<?php
    if(isset($_POST['login'])){

     $username = $_POST['username'];
      $password = $_POST['password'];
      $errors = array();

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM `users` where `username`=:username and `password`=:password";

     $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);

     $stmt->execute(array(':username' => $username, ':password' => $password ));

     $user = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
    
    if($user === false){
        
        echo "no password";;

    } else{
        
     $validPassword = password_verify($passwordAttempt, $user['password']);
        
       
     if($validPassword){
            
        $_SESSION['user_id'] = $user['id'];
        $_SESSION['logged_in'] = time();
            
        header('Location: http://localhost/auth/login.php');
        exit;
            
        } else{
            
            die('Incorrect username / password combination!');
        }
    }

}```

 

[Barand]

Your query should be

SELECT password FROM `users` where `username`=:username

$passwordAttempt does not exist - try it with $_POST['password'] instead. (Assuming the hashed value of the password was stored after using passwotd_hash() )

[Rybat]

26 minutes ago, Barand said:

SELECT password FROM `users` where `username`=:username

$passwordAttempt does not exist - try it with $_POST['password'] instead. (Assuming the hashed value of the password was stored after using passwotd_hash() )

Done that but it gives me ```die('Incorrect username / password combination!');``` yet i have registered a correct password and username combination.

```

<?php
    if(isset($_POST['login'])){

     $username = $_POST['username'];
      $password = $_POST['password'];
      $errors = array();

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM `users` where `username`=:username ";

     $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);

     $stmt->execute(array(':username' => $username, ));

     $user = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
    
    if($user === false){
        
        echo "no password";;

    } else{
        
     $validPassword = password_verify($_POST['password'], $password );
        
       
     if($validPassword){
            
        $_SESSION['id'] = $user['id'];
        $_SESSION['logged_in'] = time();
            
        header('Location: http://localhost/auth/login.php');
        exit;
            
        } else{
            
            die('Incorrect username / password combination!');
        }
    }

}```

[Barand]

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