根据状态向用户发送电子邮件

Question

i created a table in the database (mysql),and i write a code for inserting data in the datbase using php.values are inserted properly.here i set the status column value as deactive.when user created in that time ,we send a mail to the user to active the link ,means my site and then status column has to changed as active.

my db table contains the following columns

name,email,pwd,status,lastlogin,security qun,ans

when user is created in that time i set the status as deactive.in that time i want to sent a mail(in this mail,i want to send the link to their account) to the user to active their account ,then only user goes to the next process.after that when user open the mail & click that link,the status column has to changed as active in the database.how can i do this,anyone help me..

Answer 1

You can create column called activation_code , send an email to user with link, which will contain this activation_code . Link like this www.example.com/active.php?activation_code=AABBCCDDEEFF , when user click this link you can get activation_code , find a user at database and change status . Also you can create column activation_expires which will contain a date when activation code will expire.

Answer 2

one way to solve the problem is:

1. make the field 'status' as varchar not int.

2. when you are inserting user information for the first time, make a random string and insert it in the status field.

3. say your random string you have created is 'lka342lkjasd8234kl2324ljklj2'. send the link with the string as a parameter.

4. when the link is clicked in the script check the verification string matches the value in your status table.

5. if it matches then show message that his account is verified and change the value of the field to 1 (as 1 indicates a active account)

6. if the string doesn't matches then show message the verification link is wrong.

in another way you can make another table for storing verification string. and make the status fiend an integer. set 0 initially and make it 1 when verified, and check the verification with the new table.