/**
* Creates a new verification token, saves it to the database and sends the verification mail
*
* @param string $email the email address to verify
* @param User $userObject (optional) the existing session user object to modify
*/
public static function askForEmailVerification($email, &$userObject = NULL)
{
$mailVerificationToken = self::createSecret(self::SECRET_LENGTH_SHORT);
Database::saveVerificationToken(Authentication::getUserID(), $mailVerificationToken, time() + 86400);
// save the timestamp for this new verification attempt to the current session
if (empty($userObject)) {
$newUserObject = self::getUser();
$newUserObject->setEmail_lastVerificationAttempt(time());
self::updateUserInfo($newUserObject);
} else {
$userObject->setEmail_lastVerificationAttempt(time());
}
// send the email containing the verification link
self::sendVerificationMail($email, $mailVerificationToken);
}
