password comparison

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

hi all,

      i have a form wherein i have 3 fields

old password

newpassword

confirmpassword

i want to compare new password and confirm password.i have tried the following code


 <tr>

	<div class="row">

		<td><?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'New Password'); ?>   </td>

		




 		 <td><?php

 		 echo $form->passwordField($model,'password',array('value'=>'','class'=>'required'),array('size'=>45,'maxlength'=>45)); ?></td>


 	</div>

     </tr>

      <tr>

	<div class="row">

		<td><?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'Confirm Password'); ?>   </td>

		

 		 <td><?php

 		 echo $form->passwordField($model,'password',array('value'=>'','class'=>'bounce'),array('size'=>45,'maxlength'=>45)); ?></td>


 	</div>

     </tr>

model rules:


            array('password', 'compare', 'compareAttribute'=>'cpassword','on'=>'Generate'),

but if i give different values in both fields it is taking only one value rather it should prompt me an error.

where did i go wrong?plz help

thanks

2 

<tr>

        <div class="row">

                <td><?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'New Password'); ?>   </td>

                




                 <td><?php

                 echo $form->passwordField($model,'password',array('value'=>'','class'=>'required'),array('size'=>45,'maxlength'=>45)); ?></td>


        </div>

     </tr>

      <tr>

        <div class="row">

                <td><?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'Confirm Password'); ?>   </td>

                

                 <td><?php

                 echo $form->passwordField($model,'cpassword',array('value'=>'','class'=>'bounce'),array('size'=>45,'maxlength'=>45)); ?></td>


        </div>

     </tr>

The confirm password field is the same as the password in your code. You need to have a virtual attribute for the password confirmation and create a field to that.

3

i have defined cpassword in my model but i dont get to know what is a virtual attribute please let me know it.

is there something more to be done?

4

create another attribute in your model -

public $confirmPassword;

make the attribute safe and set it as comparison attribute

array(‘cpassword’, ‘compare’, ‘compareAttribute’=>‘confirmPassword’),

array(‘confirmPassword’, ‘safe’)); //for allowing massive assignment

Specify the $confirmPassword as the input name for your confirm password field in the view

5

CompareAttribute should be ‘password’.




<your User model class>


...

public $cpassword = '';

...




public function rules() {

  return array(

...

array('password', 'required', 'on' => '..., updatePassword'),

array('password', 'length', 'min' => 6, 'max' => 32, 'message' => ...),

array('cpassword', 'compare', 'compareAttribute' => 'password', 'on' => '..., updatePassword', 'message' => ... ),

...

$cpassword as the input name for your confirm password field in the view.