PHP Authentication system

A authenticator app feature account activation and password reset using email link verification. Certain part of the site only visible to registered users

Function

Register page:

• input check for each field and display error
• check if email already register and display error
• send a verification email
• user will be recognize as active after email verification

Login page:

• input and authentication check
• option for customer to reset password

Reset password

• send an email with reset link
• input check if user give the old password

Dashboard

• Can only be access if logged in
• Show user infos and all registered user info

When cloning the project

Install docker

Require docker to host the site locally: Installation

Build the docker images

docker-compose build

Run the docker images

docker-compose up

Install PHP mailer

docker run --rm --interactive --tty \
  --volume $PWD:/app \
  composer require phpmailer/phpmailer

Create MySQL table

Login to DB with PHPMyAdmin using username: root and password: nimda Create the users table:

CREATE TABLE `users` (
  `id` int NOT NULL,
  `firstname` varchar(30) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `lastname` varchar(30) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `email` varchar(150) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `phone` varchar(30) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `password` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `token` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `status` tinyint NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

Extension

• Docker: to create a local development environment with the mamp stack (macOS, Apache, mySQL, phpmyadmin, php 8.3)
• PDO: handle access and manage database
• Composer: to install some libraries (install via docker image's dockerfile COPY command)
• PHPmailer: library to handle email sending. Installation:

docker run --rm --interactive --tty \
  --volume $PWD:/app \
  composer require phpmailer/phpmailer

• Mailtrap (https://mailtrap.io/home): email sending platform