PHP send Mail Forgot Password Example

Apr 27, 2022 . Admin

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Here, I will show you PHP send Mail Forgot Password Example. I would like to show you Send Reset Password Link Email PHP. you will learn PHP & MySQL. we will help you to give an example of Send Forgot password by mail or message in PHP .

This article will give you a simple example of PHP Send Reset Password Link Email. We will use the simple example of Password Reset System Using PHP.

I will give you a simple example of Forgot Password Recovery (Reset) using PHP and MySQL.

So, let's see bellow solution:

connection.php

<?php 
    $servername = "localhost";
    $username = "root";
    $password = "";
    $dbname = "login";

    $conn = new mysqli($servername,$username,$password,$dbname);

    if($conn->connect_error){
        die ('connection faild:'.$conn->connect_error);
    }
?>

create table

CREATE TABLE user (
fullName VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
username VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
password VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
resettoken VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
resettokenexp date() NOT NULL,
);

index.php

<?php 
    session_start();
    require ('connection.php');
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>PHP send Mail Forgot Password Example</title>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="container-fluid mt-3">
        <div class="card" style="height:590px;">
            <div class="card-header text-center">
                <h3>PHP send Mail Forgot Password Example - Mywebtuts.com</h3>
            </div>
            <div class="card-body">
                <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
                    <a class="navbar-brand " href="#">Aatmaninfo</a>
                    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
                        <ul class="navbar-nav me-auto mb-2 mb-lg-0">
                            <li class="nav-item">
                                <a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>
                            </li>
                            <li class="nav-item">
                                <a class="nav-link" href="#">about us</a>
                            </li>
                            <li class="nav-item">
                                <a class="nav-link" href="#">contect us</a>
                            </li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                    <form class="justify-content-end">
                        <?php 
                            if (isset($_SESSION['logged_in']) && $_SESSION['logged_in']==TRUE) {
                                echo $_SESSION['email']." - <a href='logout.php' class='btn btn-danger'>LOGOUT</a>";
                            }else{
                                echo "<button type='button' class='btn btn-success m-1' data-bs-toggle  ='modal' data-bs-target='#loginModal'>Login</button>
                                <button type='button' class='btn btn-danger m-1' data-bs-toggle='modal' data-bs-target='#RegisterModal'>Register</button>";
                            }
                        ?>
                    </form>
                </nav>
                    <?php 
                        if (isset($_SESSION['logged_in']) && $_SESSION['logged_in']==TRUE) {
                            echo "<h1 class='text-center mt-5 pt-5'>Welcom to this website</h1>";
                        }
                    ?>
            </div>
        </div>
        
        <div class="modal fade" id="loginModal">
            <div class="modal-dialog">
                <div class="modal-content">
                    <div class="modal-header">
                        <h3 class="modal-title" id="loginModalLabel">Login</h3>
                        <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
                    </div>
                    <form action="registration.php" method="post">
                        <div class="modal-body">
                            <div class="mb-3">
                                <label>Email : </label>
                                <input type="text" name="email_username" class="form-control" placeholder="Email">
                            </div>
                            <div class="mb-3">
                                <label>Password : </label>
                                <input type="password" name="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password">
                            </div>
                            <div class="text-end">
                                <a href="forgotPassword.php" class='btn m-1 text-primary' style="background:transparent;">Forgot Password ?</a>
                            </div>
                            <hr class="mt-0">
                            <div class="text-center">
                                <input type="submit" name="login" value="Login" class="btn btn-primary">
                            </div>
                        </div>

                    </form>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>

        
        <div class="modal fade" id="RegisterModal">
            <div class="modal-dialog">
                <div class="modal-content">
                    <div class="modal-header">
                        <h3 class="modal-title" id="RegisterModalLabel">Register</h3>
                        <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
                    </div>
                    <form action="registration.php" method="post">
                        <div class="modal-body">
                            <div class="mb-3">
                                <label>Full Name : </label>
                                <input type="text" name="fullName" class="form-control" placeholder="Full Name">
                            </div>

                            <div class="mb-3">
                                <label>User Name : </label>
                                <input type="text" name="username" class="form-control" placeholder="User Name">
                            </div>

                            <div class="mb-3">
                                <label>Email : </label>
                                <input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email">
                            </div>

                            <div class="mb-3">
                                <label>Password : </label>
                                <input type="password" name="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password">
                            </div>
                        </div>
                        <div class="modal-footer">
                            <input type="submit" name="register" value="Register" class="btn btn-primary">
                            <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" data-bs-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
                        </div>
                    </form>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

forgotPassword.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Forgot password</title>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="container d-flex justify-content-center mt-5 pt-5">
        <div class="card mt-5" style="width:500px">
            <div class="card-header">
                <h1 class="text-center">Forgot Password</h1>
            </div>
            <div class="card-body">
                <form action="registration.php" method="post">
                    <div class="mt-4">
                        <label for="email">Email : </label>
                        <input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter Email">
                    </div>
                    <div class="mt-4 text-end">
                        <input type="submit" name="send-link" class="btn btn-primary">
                        <a href="index.php" class="btn btn-danger">Back</a>
                    </div>
                </form>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

NOTE

This is required; first of all open this link - PHPMailer Download this file and used in cod.

registration.php

<?php 

    require ('connection.php');
    session_start();

    use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
    use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
    use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

    function sendmail($email,$reset_token){
        
        require ('PHPMailer-master/src/PHPMailer.php');
        require ('PHPMailer-master/src/Exception.php');
        require ('PHPMailer-master/src/SMTP.php');

        $mail = new PHPMailer(true);

        try {
            $mail->isSMTP();
            $mail->Host       = 'smtp.gmail.com';
            $mail->SMTPAuth   = true;            
            $mail->Username   = 'your email';
            $mail->Password   = 'your password';                    
            $mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS;   
            $mail->Port       = 465;                           

            $mail->setFrom('your email');
            $mail->addAddress($email);

            $mail->isHTML(true);
            $mail->Subject = 'Password Reset link form Aatmaninfo';
            $mail->Body    = "we got a request form you to reset Password! <br>Click the link bellow: <br>
            <a href='http://localhost:8000/updatePassword.php?email=$email&reset_token=$reset_token'>reset password</a>";

            $mail->send();
                return true;
        } catch (Exception $e) {
                return false;
        }
    }

    if (isset($_POST['login'])) {
        
        $email_username =$_POST['email_username'];
        $password_login =$_POST['password'];

        $sql="SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = '$email_username' AND password = '$password_login'";
        $result = $conn->query($sql);
        
        if ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
            $_SESSION['logged_in']=TRUE;
            $_SESSION['email']=$row['email'];
            header('location:index.php');

        }elseif($row['email'] === $email_username){
            echo "
                <script>
                    alert('register your email');
                    window.location.href='index.php'
                </script>";
        }else{
            echo "
                <script>
                    alert('Enter valid password');
                    window.location.href='index.php'
                </script>";
        }
    }

    if (isset($_POST['register'])) {
        
        $fullName =$_POST['fullName'];
        $username =$_POST['username'];
        $email =$_POST['email'];
        $password =$_POST['password'];

        $user_exist_query="SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = '$email' ";
        $result = $conn->query($user_exist_query);

        if ($result) {
            
            if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
                $row = $result->fetch_assoc();
                
                if ($row['email'] === $email) {
                    echo "
                        <script>
                            alert('Email Address Already Exists!');
                            window.location.href='index.php'
                        </script>";
                }
            
            }else{
                
                $query ="INSERT INTO `users`(`fullName`, `username`, `email`, `password`) VALUES ('$fullName','$username','$email','$password')";
                    
                if ($conn->query($query)===TRUE) {
                    echo "
                        <script>
                            alert('Registration Successful.');
                                window.location.href='index.php'
                        </script>"; 
                }else{
                    echo "
                        <script>
                            alert('something got wrong !!');
                            window.location.href='index.php'
                        </script>";
                }
            }
        }else{
            echo "
            <script>
                alert('query can not run');
                window.location.href='index.php'
            </script>";
        }
    }
    if (isset($_POST['send-link'])) {
        
        $email = $_POST['email'];

        $sql="SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = '$email'";
        $result = $conn->query($sql);

        if ($result) {
            
            if ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
                
                $reset_token=bin2hex(random_bytes(16));
                date_default_timezone_set('Asia/kolkata');
                $date = date("Y-m-d");

                $sql = "UPDATE users SET resettoken ='$reset_token', resettokenexp = '$date' WHERE email = '$email'";

                if (($conn->query($sql)===TRUE) && sendmail($email,$reset_token )===TRUE) {
                        echo "
                            <script>
                                alert('Password reset link send to mail.');
                                window.location.href='index.php'    
                            </script>"; 
                    }else{
                        echo "
                            <script>
                                alert('Something got Wrong');
                                window.location.href='forgotPassword.php'
                            </script>";
                    }

            }else{
                echo "
                    <script>
                        alert('Email Address Not Found');
                        window.location.href='forgotPassword.php'
                    </script>";
            }   
            
        }else{
            echo "
                <script>
                    alert('Server Down');
                    window.location.href='forgotPassword.php'
                </script>";
        }
    }
 ?>

updatePassword.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Upadte Password</title>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <?php 
        
        require ('connection.php');

        if (isset($_GET['email']) && isset($_GET['reset_token'])) {

            date_default_timezone_set('Asia/kolkata');
            $date = date("Y-m-d");
            
            $email = $_GET['email'];    
            $reset_token = $_GET['reset_token'];

            $sql="SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = '$email' AND resettoken = '$reset_token' AND resettokenexp = '$date'";
            $result = $conn->query($sql);

            if ($result) {
                
                if ($result->num_rows == 1) {
                    echo '
                        <div class="container d-flex justify-content-center mt-5 pt-5">
                            <div class="card mt-5" style="width:500px">
                                <div class="card-header">
                                    <h1 class="text-center">Creat New Password</h1>
                                </div>
                                <div class="card-body">
                                    <form method="post">
                                        <div class="mt-2">
                                            <label for="Password">Password : </label>
                                            <input type="password" name="Password" class="form-control" placeholder="Creat New Password">
                                            <input type="hidden" name="email" class="form-control" value='.$email.'>
                                        </div>
                                        <div class="mt-4 text-end">
                                            <input type="submit" name="update" value="update" class="btn btn-primary">
                                            <a href="index.php" class="btn btn-danger">Back</a>
                                        </div>
                                    </form>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </div>';
                }else{
                    echo "
                        <script>
                            alert('invelid or Expired link');
                            window.location.href='index.php'
                        </script>";
                }
            }   
        
        }else{
            echo "
                <script>
                    alert('server down!!');
                    window.location.href='index.php'
                </script>";
        }
        
        if (isset($_POST['update'])) {
            $pass = $_POST['Password'];
            echo $pass;
            $email = $_POST['email'];
            echo $email;

            $update = "UPDATE users SET password='$pass',resettoken='NULL',resettokenexp=NULL WHERE email = '$email'";

            if ($conn->query($update)===TRUE) {
                echo "
                    <script>
                        alert('New Password Created Successfully');
                        window.location.href='index.php'                
                        </script>"; 
            }else{
                echo "Error: ".$sql."<br>".$conn->error;
                echo "
                    <script>
                    alert('Password not updated');
                    window.location.href='index.php'                     
                    </script>";
            }
        } 
    ?>
</body>
</html>

logout.php

<?php 
    session_start();
    session_unset();
    session_destroy();
    header("location:index.php");
?>

Output: Registration Page

Login page

Forgot password page

Email

Creat New password page

Home page

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