function createAPIKey($valid_chars, $length)
{
// Global variables provided by config.php for DB connection.
global $con, $host, $user, $password, $db, $called;
// start with an empty random string
$random_string = "";
// count the number of chars in the valid chars string so we know how many choices we have
$num_valid_chars = strlen($valid_chars);
// repeat the steps until we've created a string of the right length
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
// pick a random number from 1 up to the number of valid chars
$random_pick = mt_rand(1, $num_valid_chars);
// take the random character out of the string of valid chars
// subtract 1 from $random_pick because strings are indexed starting at 0, and we started picking at 1
$random_char = $valid_chars[$random_pick - 1];
// add the randomly-chosen char onto the end of our string so far
$random_string .= $random_char;
}
//MySQL Query to check if access code exists.
$query = "SELECT API_Key FROM users WHERE API_Key = '{$random_string}'";
//Execute Query.
$result = mysqli_query($con, $query);
//Get number of rows from DB query.
$count = mysqli_num_rows($result);
//Free Result Set.
mysqli_free_result($result);
//Check if code already exists.
if ($count != 0) {
$called++;
createAPIKey($valid_chars, $length);
} elseif ($called >= 5) {
die('Error Code 100: An Error Occurred. Please Contact an Administrator.');
} else {
return $random_string;
}
}
} else {
//Create captcha
$securimage = new Securimage();
//Check if captcha was entered correctly. Display error if it is not entered correctly.
if ($securimage->check($_POST['captcha']) == false) {
header('location: wrongcaptcha.php');
exit;
}
//Hash password.
$hash = hash('sha256', $pwd);
//Create Salt
$salt = createSalt();
//Hash Salt and Hash
$hash = hash('sha256', $salt . $hash);
//Generate API_Key
$api_key = createAPIKey($valid_chars, 15);
//Registration Query.
$query = "INSERT INTO users (Username, Password, Salt, Name, Email, Gender, DOB, Height, Weight, Location, StepGoal, API_Key) \n\t\tVALUES ('{$username}', '{$hash}', '{$salt}', '{$name}', '{$email}', '{$gender}', '{$dob}', '{$height}', '{$weight}', '{$location}', '{$stepgoal}', '{$api_key}')";
//Execute Query
if (mysqli_query($con, $query)) {
echo ' <p>
Account was successfully created.
<br />
<br />
<a href="login.php">Click Here</a> to go login.
</p>';
} else {
die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con));
}
}
echo ' </li>
