public static function activateUser($uname, $tok)
{
if ($uname === NULL || strlen($uname) == 0 || ($tok === NULL || strlen($tok) == 0)) {
throw new InvalidArgumentException("invalid username or verification token");
}
// fetch the user from database, if successful,
// verify the user was previously inactive, and,
// token matches
$uDetails = UserDBAPI::getUserDetails($uname);
if ($uDetails == null) {
return false;
}
if (strcmp($uDetails['ACTIVATIONCODE'], $tok) != 0 || $uDetails['ACTIVE'] == 1) {
return false;
}
// activate user
UserDBAPI::setActiveBit($uDetails['ID'], 1);
return true;
}
