I'll go over the broad topics we'll cover in the course, as well as how the finish product of the authentication system that we will develop in the course. I'll also covered what is required to take this course, target audience and the benefits that will be derived from taking this course.
In this lectures we'll go over creating a database and the table for storing user information and also create the project files.
In this lecture we'll code our database connection script and test our connection.
In this lectures we'll design the markup for registration and login form, index and logout page.
In this lecture we'll code the registration form and create demo user accounts
In this lecture we'll learn how to validate HTML registration form
In this lecture we'll learn how to refactor our validation code and improve the functionalities
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In this lecture we'll code the login form and signin users
In this lecture you will learn how to add password reset functionality to the auth system while in option 2 (Lecture 29) you will learn how to send password reset link to users email address and program the recovery script.
In this lecture you will learn how to use PHP Custom Functions to make code more efficient and clean.
Lets take a break from coding and spend some time improving the user interface of this system.
\r\nIn this lecture we'll pull in Bootstrap files and set up things
Enhancing Login, Signup and Reset Password Forms
In this lecture we will enhance the system menu and messaging
Learn how to Automatically Activate current page Menu.
Have you tried Sweet Alert? You will love it.
Lets add the functionality to remember logged in users when they choose to
In this lecture you will learn how to guard any PHP system and logout users automatically after a predefined period of inactivity.
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In this lecture you will learn how to display registered users information from the database
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In this lecture you will learn how to allow registered users update their record in the database using HTML form
In this lecture you will learn how to add and display a default profile picture for registered users
In this lecture you will learn how to ensure that user upload only specific file type
In this lecture you will learn how write a function that allows users to add a picture to their profile and moves the picture to a location that we define.
In this lecture you will learn how to use PHPMailer class and Mandrill API for sending Email from localhost using WAMP Server, in the next lecture you will learn to how to prepare and send activation link to user email address.
\r\nP.S: As at the time of recording Mandrill API was still free, consider using the GMAIL option (See the PDF file for instruction).
In this lecture you will learn how to prepare and send account activation link to users as they register, you will also learn to change the database structure to accommodate changes.
In this lecture you will learn how to program account activation script and also update the login script to allow access to only those users that have activated their account.
In this lecture you will learn how to send password reset link to users email address and code the password recovery script.
Invalid Username Bug Fix (Highlighted by a Student.
In this lecture you will learn about Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attack and how to secure your PHP web app against such attack.
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In this lecture you will learn how to add change password functionality to the system so that registered members can change their login password.
In this lecture you will learn how to program the functionality to allowregistered users deactivate their account and preserve the account information for 14 days (Facebook style).
In this lecture you will learn how to code the functionality to Auto Activate a users account if the user attempts to login within 14 days after deactivating their Account.
In this lecture you will learn how to delete the account and related properties of a user who has deactivated their account and has not logged in again after 14 days.
In this lecture you will learn to code the functionality that will auto delete accounts that has not been activated 3 days after registration, in order to keep the system clean.
In this lecture you will learn how to upload a system developed locally to a remote server so that it can be accessible over the internet.
In this lecture you will learn how to automate task using Cron Jobs. We create a PHP cron job task that will run once daily calling our script that will delete all non-activate account 3 days after registration and accounts that has deactivated and the user did not logged in after 14 days.
\r\nThis is a safe and easy way to keep our database clean and free from inactivate accounts that can create a loophole in our system.
\r\nIn this lecture, you will learn how to enhance the security of the current password reset functionality using time based token. We start be setting up the database, generating the token and sending it to the user’s email. In the next video we update the password reset script to accommodate changes.
In this lecture you'll update the password reset script, to accommodate changes made in the previous lecture.
In this lecture you'll learn how to delete already used or expired password reset token.
In this lecture we shall update the current flow for profile picture upload to make it more flexible and efficient. When a user upload profile picture we rename it with a random string and store the path in the database and also delete any old profile picture.
In this lecture you'll learn how to create a page to display all registered members wirh a link to their public profile page.
In this lecture you will learn how to easily create a public profile page, so that members can view each others profile details.
In this lecture we shall be fixing some bugs
In this lecture, you learn how to secure project database and mail credentials using a configuration file.
In this lecture we apply a fix for edit profile so that a user cannot update their email to that of another user.
In this lecture I will show you how to disable unique check for username, this is an optional lecture skip if you don't want this functionality.
Let start by creating a reCaptcha app, and updating our system as needed.
Lets now verify the reCaptcha response with Google to ensure it is valid
Lets now integrate the reCaptcha to work with our login script flow.
Making Verify reCaptcha Code Reusable (Refactoring ) and Assignment.