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- <?php
- // This if statement checks to determine whether the registration form has been submitted
- // If it has, then the registration code is run, otherwise the form is displayed
- if(!empty($_POST))
- {
- // Ensure that the user has entered a non-empty username
- if(empty($_POST['username']))
- {
- // Note that die() is generally a terrible way of handling user errors
- // like this. It is much better to display the error with the form
- // and allow the user to correct their mistake. However, that is an
- // exercise for you to implement yourself.
- die("<div class='red'>Please enter a username.</div>");
- }
- // Ensure that the user has entered a non-empty password
- if(empty($_POST['password']))
- {
- die("<div class='red'>Please enter a password.</div>");
- }
- // Make sure the user entered a valid E-Mail address
- // filter_var is a useful PHP function for validating form input, see:
- // http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php
- // http://us.php.net/manual/en/filter.filters.php
- if(!filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
- {
- die("<div class='red'>Invalid E-Mail Address</div>");
- }
- // We will use this SQL query to see whether the username entered by the
- // user is already in use. A SELECT query is used to retrieve data from the database.
- // :username is a special token, we will substitute a real value in its place when
- // we execute the query.
- $query = "
- SELECT
- 1
- FROM users
- WHERE
- username = :username
- ";
- // This contains the definitions for any special tokens that we place in
- // our SQL query. In this case, we are defining a value for the token
- // :username. It is possible to insert $_POST['username'] directly into
- // your $query string; however doing so is very insecure and opens your
- // code up to SQL injection exploits. Using tokens prevents this.
- // For more information on SQL injections, see Wikipedia:
- // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Injection
- $query_params = array(
- ':username' => $_POST['username']
- );
- try
- {
- // These two statements run the query against your database table.
- $stmt = $db->prepare($query);
- $result = $stmt->execute($query_params);
- }
- catch(PDOException $ex)
- {
- // Note: On a production website, you should not output $ex->getMessage().
- // It may provide an attacker with helpful information about your code.
- die("<div class='red'>Failed to run query: </div>" . $ex->getMessage());
- }
- // The fetch() method returns an array representing the "next" row from
- // the selected results, or false if there are no more rows to fetch.
- $row = $stmt->fetch();
- // If a row was returned, then we know a matching username was found in
- // the database already and we should not allow the user to continue.
- if($row)
- {
- die("<div class='red'>This username is already in use</div>");
- }
- // Now we perform the same type of check for the email address, in order
- // to ensure that it is unique.
- $query = "
- SELECT
- 1
- FROM users
- WHERE
- email = :email
- ";
- $query_params = array(
- ':email' => $_POST['email']
- );
- try
- {
- $stmt = $db->prepare($query);
- $result = $stmt->execute($query_params);
- }
- catch(PDOException $ex)
- {
- die("<div class='red'>Failed to run query: </div>" . $ex->getMessage());
- }
- $row = $stmt->fetch();
- if($row)
- {
- die("<div class='red'>This email address is already registered</div>");
- }
- // An INSERT query is used to add new rows to a database table.
- // Again, we are using special tokens (technically called parameters) to
- // protect against SQL injection attacks.
- $query = "
- INSERT INTO users (
- username,
- password,
- salt,
- email
- ) VALUES (
- :username,
- :password,
- :salt,
- :email
- )
- ";
- // A salt is randomly generated here to protect again brute force attacks
- // and rainbow table attacks. The following statement generates a hex
- // representation of an 8 byte salt. Representing this in hex provides
- // no additional security, but makes it easier for humans to read.
- // For more information:
- // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29
- // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_attack
- // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table
- $salt = dechex(mt_rand(0, 2147483647)) . dechex(mt_rand(0, 2147483647));
- // This hashes the password with the salt so that it can be stored securely
- // in your database. The output of this next statement is a 64 byte hex
- // string representing the 32 byte sha256 hash of the password. The original
- // password cannot be recovered from the hash. For more information:
- // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function
- $password = hash('sha256', $_POST['password'] . $salt);
- // Next we hash the hash value 65536 more times. The purpose of this is to
- // protect against brute force attacks. Now an attacker must compute the hash 65537
- // times for each guess they make against a password, whereas if the password
- // were hashed only once the attacker would have been able to make 65537 different
- // guesses in the same amount of time instead of only one.
- for($round = 0; $round < 65536; $round++)
- {
- $password = hash('sha256', $password . $salt);
- }
- // Here we prepare our tokens for insertion into the SQL query. We do not
- // store the original password; only the hashed version of it. We do store
- // the salt (in its plaintext form; this is not a security risk).
- $query_params = array(
- ':username' => $_POST['username'],
- ':password' => $password,
- ':salt' => $salt,
- ':email' => $_POST['email']
- );
- try
- {
- // Execute the query to create the user
- $stmt = $db->prepare($query);
- $result = $stmt->execute($query_params);
- }
- catch(PDOException $ex)
- {
- // Note: On a production website, you should not output $ex->getMessage().
- // It may provide an attacker with helpful information about your code.
- die("<div class='red'>Failed to run query:</div> " . $ex->getMessage());
- }
- // This redirects the user back to the login page after they register
- header("Location: /login");
- // Calling die or exit after performing a redirect using the header function
- // is critical. The rest of your PHP script will continue to execute and
- // will be sent to the user if you do not die or exit.
- die("Redirecting to /login");
- }
- ?>
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