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1.  Develop a website that checks validity of a user during the log-in process. Assume that the login data (username and password) are already stored in a database. Use client-side script to validate the user input during login process.

5 marks | Asked in 2071

//index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">

    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <title>Login Form</title>

</head>

<body>

    <h2>Client Side Form Validation</h2>

    <form name="loginForm" onsubmit="return validateForm();" method="POST" action="./formSubmit.php">

        <div>

            <label for="username">Please enter your username: </label>

            <input type="text" name="username" id="username">

        </div>

        <div>

            <label for="password">Please enter your password: </label>

            <input type="password" name="password" id="password">

        </div>

        <div>

            <input type="submit" name="login" value="login">

        </div>

    </form>

    <script>

        function validateForm() {

            if (document.loginForm.username.value == "") {

                alert("Please provide your usernamename!");

                document.loginForm.username.focus();

                return false;

            }

            else if (document.loginForm.password.value == "") {

                alert("Please provide your password!");

                document.loginForm.password.focus();

                return false;

            }

          else if (document.loginForm.password.value.length < 8) {

                alert('Password must be at least 8 digit long');

                document.loginForm.password.focus();

                return false;

            }

            return true;

        }

    </script>

</body>

</html>


//formSubmit.php

<?php

$servername = "localhost";

$username = "root";

$password = "";

$dbname = "webtech";

$tablename = "users";

if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST"){

$username = $_POST['username'];

$password = $_POST['password'];


//connect to database

$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password) or die(mysql_error()); //Connect to server

mysqli_select_db($conn, $dbname) or die("Cannot connect to database"); //Connect to database


        // Insert the values into database

mysqli_query($conn, "INSERT INTO ".$tablename."(username, password) VALUES ('$username','$password')"); 

Print '<script>alert("Congrats! Your Submission is Successfully Registered!");</script>'; 

?>