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One of the additional features I wanted to add on pset7 was to allow the user to reset their password by getting a reset link sent to their e-mail. I want the login page to include a "Forgot Password" link that takes you to a page where you can reset your password.

I followed the example for the register link to try and get it to also go to a "Forgot Password" page by copying pset7/templates/register_form.php to pset7/templates/forgot_form.php and pset7/public/register.php to pset7/public/forgot.php and changing them to link to the forgot password form:

pset7/templates/forgot_form.php

<form action="forgot.php" method="post">
    <fieldset>
        Please enter your e-mail address to be sent a password reset link.
        <div class="form-group">
            <input autofocus class="form-control" name="email" placeholder="E-mail" type="text"/>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Send Reset Link</button>
        </div>
    </fieldset>
</form>
<div>
    or <a href="login.php">log in</a>
</div>

pset7/public/forgot.php

<?php

    // configuration
    require("../includes/config.php");

    // if form was submitted
    if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
          //TODO: e-mail user link to password reset
    }

    else {
        // else render form
        render("forgot_form.php", ["title" => "Forgot Password"]);
    }

?>

pset7/templates/login_form.php

<form action="login.php" method="post">
    <fieldset>
        <div class="form-group">
            <input autofocus class="form-control" name="username" placeholder="Username" type="text"/>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <input class="form-control" name="password" placeholder="Password" type="password"/>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Log In</button>
        </div>
    </fieldset>
</form>

<div>
    or <a href="register.php">register</a> for an account
    <br>
    <br>
    <a href="forgot.php"> Forgot Password</a>
</div>

In pset7/templates/login_form.php, at the bottom I have links to register.php and forgot.php. register.php successfully redirects to the register page, but why does forgot.php redirect back to the login page?

1 Answer 1

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config.php, at require("../includes/config.php");, checks if the user is logged in and, if not, redirects to login.php. You don't need it there.

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