Activation Encryption

LavaGuard

When a user signs up for an account at LG they get an e-mail with an activation link. However, the link is like activate.php?id=156 for example. Does anyone know how to encrypt it?

LavaGuard

anyone help?

Sgarissta

It's good to see you were patient and waited an entire 13 minutes before bumping your post.

Even better
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10281582

It's a cross post!

LavaGuard

Originally posted by Sgarissta
It's good to see you were patient and waited an entire 13 minutes before bumping your post.

Even better
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10281582

It's a cross post!

oh how helpful of you! I'm quite new to this forum (Signed up today) and I didn't realise this section was around. If you're gonna post at least try to be at least minorly helpful.

TheDefender

I am going to bring over the info from the cross post so we can keep it all in one thread.

I would've thought this was the important line
$targetid = "id=".$finalid;
but how do I encrypt it?

There are several different types of encryption algorithms you could use...

$finalid = md5($finalid);
$targetid = "id=".$finalid;

And Sgarissta's post was more helpful than you think... Open you rmind and know it wasn't meant to poke at you personally. You aren't the only one who bumps (and 13 minutes was a long time... some have bumped in 2 minutes)

Cross posting and bumping are frowned upon, and the regulars generally don't respond to either. The reason is because bumping takes away from other users. Cross-Posting only causes confusion for the thread starter and others who see both threads, because people have different ways of doing things, so 2 different solutions could potentially be offered on 2 different threads. Make sense? So in the future, please refrain from either activity.

P.S. The PHP Manual is very useful. I recommend you download the CHM version, and dig into it. Encryption is a pretty heavily coveered topic throughout it.

LavaGuard

Originally posted by TheDefender
And Sgarissta's post was more helpful than you think... Open you rmind and know it wasn't meant to poke at you personally. You aren't the only one who bumps (and 13 minutes was a long time... some have bumped in 2 minutes)

Cross posting and bumping are frowned upon, and the regulars generally don't respond to either. The reason is because bumping takes away from other users. Cross-Posting only causes confusion for the thread starter and others who see both threads, because people have different ways of doing things, so 2 different solutions could potentially be offered on 2 different threads. Make sense? So in the future, please refrain from either activity.

meh. I said I was new to this forum, not to forums. I have over 2500 posts in some.

LavaGuard

Originally posted by LavaGuard
meh. I said I was new to this forum, not to forums. I have over 2500 posts in some.

oh and it works now by the way so thanks.

TheDefender

You're welcome... And I am not trying to get into a battle of wits with you on this. Just offering some friendly advice. One would tend to believe that a "forum expert" such as yourself would be aware of common ettiquette. Anyhow, how would we know you are such an expert when you came in here as a new poster and blew 2 of the biggest ettiquette rules right out of the water?

LavaGuard

Originally posted by TheDefender
You're welcome... And I am not trying to get into a battle of wits with you on this. Just offering some friendly advice. One would tend to believe that a "forum expert" such as yourself would be aware of common ettiquette. Anyhow, how would we know you are such an expert when you came in here as a new poster and blew 2 of the biggest ettiquette rules right out of the water?

I didn't say I'm an expert, I just said I'm experienced on them. I came here to this forum looking for PHP help not for chatty discussion like I may on other forums. I saw General at the top and thought that would be good enough, I didn't realise the coding section, so when I did, I posted it there(here). Happy now? ANyway, I deleted the old thread.