Help a PhP noob :P

[Brudus]

Okay, ive got my site up and running good, everything seems to be working fine, im having an issue with people being able to actually register to the site though. They recieve the confirmation email to click on a link to "finalize" but they get an error;

 

New User Activation Error

 

 

There is no user in the database with this information.

 

You can register a new user from here.

 

 

 

Now the link they are clicking on, does it have to point somewhere specific, and if so where to and how do i change it? Any ideas to get my juices flowing would be appreciated!

[per1os]

It needs to point to something like

 

http://www.yoursite.com/validate.php?code=5616498416518846845

 

The code should be in the database and unique using some type of md5 hash with a random salt.

 

Once clicked it should update the database and set user status to "activated" or something.

 

Some code would be nice to help you, because there are too many unknowns.

[Brudus]

Hrm, cant seem to find anything about validate.php, although im positive thats the problem because it makes perfect sense, i used phpnuke through my host, and ftp'd the php files to it, basically this is my first day messing with this stuff, and i've come a long way.. any idea where i could find validate.php, more specifically than in the database.

 

Thanks a ton frosty, at least i know the problem now! 

[per1os]

It could be in the login.php.  Basically when a new user registers what filename is it trying to send them to to validate? That should give you the first hint.

[Brudus]

So in this case, it'd be Module.php?

 

phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=activate&username=test22&check_num=664791ffb241e

 

thats the link its giving in the email.. sorry for being a nub, im just confused, lol

[per1os]

Yep, you just need to find where the op=Activate takes place and look for that in the code. Also if it is pointing to phpnuke.org you need to change that in the settings for phpnuke probably something like "Site Address".

[Brudus]

okay, now how do i "open" a .php file to edit inside of the module.php

 

Okay, the place i've got it uploaded has an online viewer that im using, im looking through modules.php and unfortunatley dont see anything for validation.

[Brudus]

Okay, found where op=activate, although, im not sure what im looking at as far as whats right and whats wrong, there is no where in the file where phpnuke.org is located..

 

not sure if this will do anything for ya, but i bolded where op=activate

 

} mt_srand ((double)microtime()*1000000); $maxran = 1000000; $check_num = mt_rand(0, $maxran); $check_num = md5($check_num); $time = time(); $finishlink = "$nukeurl/modules.php?name=$module_name&aemp;op=activate&username=$username&check_num=$check_num"; $new_password = md5($user_password); $username = check_html($username, nohtml); $user_email = check_html($user_email, nohtml); $result = $db->sql_query("INSERT INTO ".$user_prefix."_users_temp (user_id, username, user_email, user_password, user_regdate, check_num, time) VALUES (NULL, '$username', '$user_email', '$new_password', '$user_regdate', '$check_num', '$time')"); if(!$result) { echo ""._ERROR."<BR>"; } else { $message = ""._WELCOMETO." $sitename!\n\n"._YOUUSEDEMAIL." ($user_email) "._TOREGISTER." $sitename.\n\n "._TOFINISHUSER."\n\n $finishlink\n\n "._FOLLOWINGMEM."\n\n"._UNICKNAME." $username\n"._UPASSWORD." $user_password"; $subject = ""._ACTIVATIONSUB.""; $from = "$adminmail"; mail($user_email, $subject, $message, "From: $from\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()); title("$sitename: "._USERREGLOGIN.""); OpenTable(); echo "

<CENTER><B>"._ACCOUNTCREATED."</B><BR><BR>"; echo ""._YOUAREREGISTERED.""