Question about video "Build A Content Management System"

[irivers]

Sorry i didn't know where is the best place for this question, that why i wrote it here.

 

My question is...

 

In video there is a file temp.php whit this code

 

<?php

echo md5('admin' . 'j4H9?s0d');

 

but in validateLogin function there a code

 

$stmt->bind_param("ss", $user, md5($pass . $this->salt));

 

Is it ok or there should be???

 

$stmt->bind_param("ss", $user, md5($user . $this->salt));

 

Sorry for asking i just wanna clear this out for myself.

[falkencreative]

Feel free to ask questions -- that's what this forum is for.

 

The 'admin' portion of temp.php refers to the password you want set, not the username. For the sake of simplicity, I set the system up to use "admin" as both the username and password so I couldn't forget it.

 

The temp.php file is only a temporary file to figure out the result of md5() of the password ("admin") plus the salt ("j4...etc"). This allows us to add a row to the database with the correct password details. After you have the database set up properly, temp.php can be deleted.

 

$stmt->bind_param("ss", $user, md5($pass . $this->salt));

within the validateLogin() function is correct. This line binds the parameters in place within the SQL query, allowing us to compares the md5() value of $pass (what the user entered as the password) plus the salt with what is stored in the database.

[irivers]

Thanks a lot for your quick answer!

I really appreciate that!

 

Do you have some special topic for this video tutorial?

I still have some others questions as well if you don't mind

[falkencreative]

No, here in the PHP section is fine. I may or may not be able to answer the questions tonight, but definitely post and I'll respond as soon as I can.

[irivers]

First of all i wanna thank you for your great tutorial!!!

It is what i wonted for a long long time.

I don't feel sorry not for even 1 USD which i spend for this tutorial

 

I'm still working with this tutorial but i wondering do you have some plans to

continue this course? I am interested to add photo and video gallery or catalog with some products

and some other things that will be really helpful for me using this cms.

[falkencreative]

I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying the tutorial.

 

Yes, I definitely would like to add more to this tutorial. However, I will probably (at least initially) be focusing on more general items, like adding a reset password ability, the ability to add/remove/edit admin users and similar. One major hole is the uploading photos/documents, and that is one thing I hope to tackle. The challenge is simply finding time for it. I'm a full time freelancer in the web/graphic design industry, and I have a significant backlog of projects, but you can keep an eye on my screencast blog (http://www.killersites.com/community/index.php?/blog/5-my-killersites-screencast-blog/) since I post there anytime I do new screencasts.

 

I probably won't be covering video or a product catalog. Video is a maybe, but would come after some of the other major items that I think are missing. A product catalog is highly unlikely, since my purpose is to write a basic, extendable CMS, not really an e-commerce platform. My hope is that by the time you finish the course, you'll have a good enough understanding of how they system works that you will be able to add additional features to the system yourself.