PHP Account Activation by Email: Require the User to Confirm their Email Before They Can Log In

Learn how to develop functionality in PHP that requires a user to confirm their email address before they can login. Once they sign up, they'll have to click on a link in an email to activate their account. If they don't do that, they can't login. Please consider supporting my channel: ☕ https://ko-fi.com/davehollingworth This is part 3 of Signup and Login with PHP and MySQL: Part 1: Signup and Login with PHP and MySQL: ‣    • Signup and Login with PHP and MySQL   Part 2: PHP Password Reset by Email: ‣    • PHP Password Reset by Email   Code shown in the video: ‣ https://github.com/daveh/php-account-... 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Starting Point 01:16 How it will work 01:59 Database changes 02:40 Initial Code 02:58 Generate Activation Token 04:21 Change Signup Success 04:45 Send Activation Email 06:35 Activate the Account 08:17 Prevent Login Until Activated 09:46 Summary #PHP #MySQL #signup #login #activation