PHP Account Activation by Email: Require the User to Confirm their Email Before They Can Log In

Learn how to develop functionality in PHP that requires a user to confirm their email address before they can login.

Once they sign up, they'll have to click on a link in an email to activate their account. If they don't do that, they can't login.

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This is part 3 of Signup and Login with PHP and MySQL:

Part 1: Signup and Login with PHP and MySQL:
‣    • Signup and Login with PHP and MySQL  

Part 2: PHP Password Reset by Email:
‣    • PHP Password Reset by Email  

Code shown in the video:
‣ https://github.com/daveh/php-account-...

00:00 Introduction
00:20 Starting Point
01:16 How it will work
01:59 Database changes
02:40 Initial Code
02:58 Generate Activation Token
04:21 Change Signup Success
04:45 Send Activation Email
06:35 Activate the Account
08:17 Prevent Login Until Activated
09:46 Summary

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