verify a user via e-mail in PHP

Question

I\'m actually creating a web application using PHP and seek help verifying a user. As with certain websites, when you register, an e-mail is sent to you with a confirmation

Answer 1

Patricks answer is correct altough i want to point out that there are other possibilities!

You don't necessarily have to create and store a unique token in your database. This is data overhead that is only needed once.

You could also take advantage of one-way hashing.

For example send the user the code md5('my-secret-application-token'.$user_email_adress).

You can validate that just the same way but dont need to store a secret code.