Hi, I have this login script in codeigniter and it runs well. It uses the username to login. But I want that you can login with an email address also. So when user performs the login, he/she can choose either username or email to login. How will I be able to do that? Any help is appreciated.
Here's my Login controller:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Login extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct(){
parent::__construct();
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->load->model('users_model','um');
$this->load->library('session');
if($this->session->userdata('loggedIn')){
redirect('homepage');
}
}
public function check_database($password){
$username = $this->input->post('username');
$result = $this->um->login($username, $password);
if($result){
$sess_array = array();
foreach($result as $row){
$sess_array = array(
'id'=>$row->id,
'username'=>$row->username
);
$this->session->set_userdata('loggedIn',$sess_array);
}
return true;
}else{
$this->form_validation->set_message('check_database', 'Invalid Username or Password.');
return false;
}
}
public function verifyLogin(){
$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'trim|required|xss_clean');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'trim|required|xss_clean|callback_check_database');
if($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE){
$this->data['title'] = 'Login';
$this->load->view('templates/header',$this->data);
$this->load->view('pages/login');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}else{
//redirect('homepage', 'refresh');
redirect('homepage');
}
}
public function index(){
$this->data['title'] = 'Login ';
$this->load->view('templates/header', $this->data);
$this->load->view('pages/login');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
}
My model:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Users_model extends CI_Model {
public function login($username, $password){
$sha_password = sha1($password);
$this->db->select('
users.id,
users.username,
users.email,
users.password')
->from('users')
->where('username', $username)
->where('password', $sha_password);
$query = $this->db->get();
if($query->num_rows() == 1){
return $query->result();
}else{
return false;
}
}
}
Can someone help me to figure this out? Thanks a lot.