Our proposed user registration process is pretty simple.
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[*]User goes to app/register.php (enter name, email…)
[*]Upon submit, they get a form thanking them.
[*]We save the info in the database, then generate an email with a validation string.
[*]User receives email, clicks on the link to verify their address.
[*]This will set some value (verified = true) in the database.
[*]User records will be created (5 tables of data)
[*]User will then be sent email with information from the system on login / password.
[*]User can then login to the system.
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So my question is how to best implement the verify link…should it be done as a REST API ? I don’t have a need for
a full REST API but use one to interface this system to another.
Also, what would be the best way to trigger the user record creation from the registration info? I can do this with
a database trigger ( I think…MySQL is limited compared to Oracle, my normal gig, so I am learning the limits as I go )
I don’t like exposing any more of the database to the external world than is necessary.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
I am thinking I might setup a controller / view for the user to link to, and have it redirect and also process the call.
