Complete advanced login member system - PHP tutorial

In this advanced tutorial i will teach you the steps required to create a custom build login/member system with PHP.

The system itself ofcourse has alot of room for improvements, also, it’s very easily expandable, i’ve chosen to work in a modular way, so that if you change something you only have to change it in 1 file. I’ve done this by using functions, this script is a good example of the real power of PHP.

Features:

• Registration
• Lost password
• Various checks on passwords and usernames
• users can change their password
• Passwords are stored in a database with a seed added to it and they have sha1 encryption
• Easy to adjust & use

Requirements:

• Mysql database
• a php & mysql enabled host
• php mail() enabled host
• ftp access to your website

Overview

Steps:

1. Creating the mysql table
2. Creating a db_connect.inc.php file
3. Creating the header.php file
4. Creating the footer.php file
5. Creating the index.php file
6. Creating the login.php file
7. Creating the logout.php file
8. Creating a function.inc.php file
9. Creating the mail.functions.inc.php file
10. Creating the display.functions.inc.php file
11. Creating the login.functions.inc.php file
12. Creating the user.functions.inc.php file
13. Creating the validation.functions.inc.php file
14. Creating the lostpassword.php file
15. Creating the changepassword.php file
16. Creating the register.php file
17. Creating the activate.php file

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Sending emails with php - php tutorial

In this tutorial, we’ll see how the PHP server-side scripting language can be used to send email, and explore how to send complex message types such as HTML email or emails with file attachments.

For convenience we will be using PHPMailer in this tutorial.
PHPMailer is a class for PHP that provides a package of functions to send email. The two primary features are sending HTML Email and e-mails with attachments. PHPMailer is an efficient way to send e-mail within PHP.

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how many visitors online - PHP tutorial

Ever wonderd how to display how many visitors you have online. In this tutorial i will show you an easy but effective way to display the amount of online visitor’s.

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Export Mysql data to CSV - PHP tutorial

Want to export your Mysql data to a CSV(comma seperated value) file? In this tutorial i will show you how to export your data from Mysql into a CSV file.

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cutenews export to mysql - php tutorial

Want to export your cutenews posts to a mysql database? In this tutorial i will show you how to export your posts from cutenews into a mysql table.
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php file upload

In this tutorial i will teach you how you can upload files to your website using PHP. I will teach you the basics and show you how to manage witch files may be uploaded.

A very useful aspect of PHP is its ability to manage file uploads to your server. Allowing users to upload a file to your server can be a security risk, so please be careful when uploading files.
Before you can use PHP to manage your uploads, you must build an form that lets users select a file to upload.

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Creating a simple login script with php and mysql

Learn to create a simple login system with php and mysql in 7 simple steps:

Requirements:

• Mysql database
• a php & mysql enabled host
• ftp access to your website

Overview

Steps:

1. Creating the mysql table
2. Creating a db_connect.inc.php file
3. Creating the html login form
4. Creating the login.php file
5. Creating the logout.php file
6. Creating a function.inc.php file
7. Adding the script to index.php

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