function saveUsersEmail($emailUser, $newEmail)
{
$passwordUpdateSql = generatePasswordUpdateSql($emailUser, $newEmail);
// connect to db
$dbInfo = initialize_db_info();
$dbLink = db_connect($dbInfo);
db_select($dbLink, $dbInfo);
// check if username is unique
$result = mysql_query($passwordUpdateSql, $dbLink);
if (!$result) {
echo $passwordUpdateSql;
throw new Exception('Failed to update password');
}
}
function reset_password($email)
{
// set password for username to a random value
// return the new password or false on failure
// get a random dictionary word b/w 6 and 13 chars in length
$new_password = get_random_word(6, 13);
if ($new_password == false) {
throw new Exception('Could not generate new password.');
}
// add a number between 0 and 999 to it
// to make it a slightly better password
$rand_number = rand(0, 999);
$new_password .= $rand_number;
$sql = generatePasswordUpdateSql($email, $new_password);
// set user's password to this in database or return false
$conn = db_connect();
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if (!$result) {
throw new Exception('Could not change password.');
// not changed
} else {
return $new_password;
// changed successfully
}
}
