[RESOLVED] echo($row->id) DO NOT WORK ON SERVER

taurus5_6

[FONT=Arial Black]I am working on a phpMyAdmin 2.5.3 on my localhost and echo works well.

However, when I uploaded my files to the server using phpMyAdmin - 2.9.0.2, all of my echo from one page to another page do not work anymore? What seems to be the problem. I was thinking it might be a version issue.

Please help...[/FONT] 😕

Taurus5_6

stolzyboy

you should probably post a little bit of code that you know doesn't work so we can take a look

taurus5_6

YAH THANKS, HERE IS MY CODE FROM THE HOME PAGE:

<a href="news_detail.php?news_id=<? echo($row->news_id) ?>"
class="whitetext"><? echo($row->title) ?></a>

AND HERE IS MY CODE IN THE news_detail.php:

<? $sql = "SELECT content, picsmall, piclarge, news_id, title, dt_created FROM tbl_news WHERE news_id = $news_id";
$result = put_result($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_object($result) ?>

THE ADDRESS BAR DISPLAYS:
.../mysite/news_detail.php?news_id=10

BUT IT DOES NOT DISPLAY THE INFORMATION PROPERLY, INSTEAD AN ERROR SAYING:
Warning: mysql_fetch_object(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/mysite/public_html/activity_detail.php on line 46

AND LINE 46 IS THE ONE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED

stolzyboy

can you post the put_sql function... and you may want to start using $GET and $POST to prevent register_global issues in the future(you may be handling that in earlier code so i'm just pointing that out)

taurus5_6

Thanks a lot for the tip...

$GET and $POST did the trick.

anyhow... I am still on the same project. My project has a login feature. Codes for the login/registration were acquired from a friend. My problem is, my friend did not include in our project a "forgot password" page. So it's the missing part of the site. I dont have communication with him anymore so i have to do it my own.

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How can i DECRYPT an MD5 algorithm so users can retrieve their forgotten user password?[/FONT]

stolzyboy

can u post the encrypt code?

bradgrafelman

AFAIK, MD5 isn't an easily "decryptible" hasing algorithm, though with hash collisions, dictionary/brute force attacks, etc. ... you might be able to crack the password, but this would probably take several servers with very strong CPU's and possible a very long time (several weeks/months perhaps?).

Besides, what if I get on someone else's account and use a password retrieval request? Now I know the password they used, and if they're like the typical internet user, they've used that password in several other places.

The best course of action (IMHO) would be some verificatoin system to make sure they are who they say they are. Once they pass that, generate a new password and send it to the e-mail you have for that user in your database. If for whatever reason you don't store e-mail addresses, you might be stuck with just letting them choose a new password once they confirm their identity.

taurus5_6

yah i was indeed thinking about it. how can i make a verification link that will be sent to them? similar to the email verification of most forums? I am not using that yet in my registration process. Any tutorial link or similar stuff you can recommend?

bradgrafelman wrote:
AFAIK, MD5 isn't an easily "decryptible" hasing algorithm, though with hash collisions, dictionary/brute force attacks, etc. ... you might be able to crack the password, but this would probably take several servers with very strong CPU's and possible a very long time (several weeks/months perhaps?).

Besides, what if I get on someone else's account and use a password retrieval request? Now I know the password they used, and if they're like the typical internet user, they've used that password in several other places.

The best course of action (IMHO) would be some verificatoin system to make sure they are who they say they are. Once they pass that, generate a new password and send it to the e-mail you have for that user in your database. If for whatever reason you don't store e-mail addresses, you might be stuck with just letting them choose a new password once they confirm their identity.