*activate the account. If the user doesn't exist then create it and put the activated field in the DB
*in 0 and send activation email to the user's email account and redirect it to the screen that tells that an email has been sent to his/her account
*to activate the account.
*If the account already exists and is activated then redirect the user to the dashboard.
*/
//execute query to see if the user exist
$email = $connObj->escapeMe($userObj->getEmail());
$result = $connObj->executeQuery($q->getUserByEmail() . "'{$email}'");
$usersCount = $connObj->getNumRows();
//echo "You selected ".$usersCount." users<br>"."select * from `user` where `email`=".$userObj->getEmail();
if ($usersCount <= 0) {
/*First case: a new user needs to be created
*We need to create the user in the DB with the user_activated flag with 0 and send an email
*with a url like this: localhost/validate_user?userID=id&hash_email=hash&userActivated=1;
*/
$query_str = sprintf($q->insInsertNewUser(), $userObj->getFirstName(), $userObj->getLastName(), $userObj->getEmail(), $userObj->getPassword(), $userObj->getUserActivated());
//echo "This is the formatted string:<br>";
//echo $query_str;
$result = $connObj->executeQuery($query_str);
$lastId = $connObj->getLastId();
$connObj->commit();
//echo "This is my last id inserted: ". $lastId;
//Send email to the user
/*This part will have to be emulated with only an echo in this very same page
*because I need to set a mail server for this.
*/
/*
$msg = "New user account created for usefulapps!\n
username: "******"\n".
"password: "******"\n".
"To activate your account go to this <a href='http://localhost/validate.php?userId='.$lastId>link</a>.";