Simple user registration system using PHP MySQL and JavaScript [closed]

Description:
As an entry-level developer, your task is to create a simple user registration system using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript. The system should allow users to register an account, log in, and view their profile information.

Requirements:

Registration Page:

Users should be able to provide their username, email address, and password.
Validate the input fields for proper formatting (e.g., valid email address).
Store the user’s information securely in a MySQL database.
Login Page:

Users should be able to enter their username/email and password to log in.
Authenticate the login credentials against the stored data in the database.
Upon successful login, redirect the user to their profile page.
Profile Page:

Display the user’s profile information retrieved from the database.
Allow users to edit and update their profile information (username, email, password).
Implement appropriate validation and security measures for updating user information.
JavaScript Validation:

Implement client-side validation using JavaScript for the registration and login forms.
Validate required fields, email format, password strength, etc.
Provide real-time feedback to users about any input errors.
Additional Guidelines:

Use PHP to handle server-side processing, such as database interactions and form submissions.
Utilize MySQL to create a database and store user information securely.
Implement proper security measures, such as hashing passwords and preventing SQL injection.
Keep the design and user interface simple and intuitive.
Test the application thoroughly to ensure all functionalities are working as expected.
Feel free to customize and expand upon this project description based on the level of complexity and specific learning objectives you have in mind for the developer. Good luck with the assignment!

I don t know how can i do it

execute separate commands in order

I have an understanding problem about a command bus where I need to execute two separate commands in order.

In my case I have a command bus which dispatches commands into a queue to be executed later (possibly on a different instance) and I have two separate commands that I need to execute in order. The second one should only be executed after the first one has been succeeded.

It should look something like this (simplified):

  1. Controller: dispatch command1 (send into queue)
  2. Command Handler: execute command1 -> dispatch success event
  3. Event Handler: handle success event of command1 -> dispatch command2
  4. Command Handler: execute command2

Now, my problem is that command1 & command2 need different information only available in the controller but the commands are separate and command1 should not know about command2.
Additionally command2 should only be executed after command1 has been succeeded and the command bus uses a queue (not executed immediately).

Currently I only see possibilities that are either ugly or very complex:

  • Combine command2 into command1 just so that the event handler can dispatch command2 with all needed information
    (ugly as command1 should not know about command2)
  • separate storage to fetch command2 in event handler
    (high complexity as a separate storage service is needed)
  • create separate command which includes both commands and separate handler directly calling actual handler
    (possibly breaks auto generate events as the command bus does not know about the real commands to be executed)

What I’m missing / What I’m doing wrong here?

Upgrade Laravel from 9 to 10 [closed]

I have project which I need to upgrade from laravel 5.x to 11.x, but when I upgrade from laravel 9.x to 10.x I got the issue, the issue is when refresh the session will reset. Do you anything different with upgrade from 8.x to 9.x with 9.x to 10.x? because from 5 to 9.x no issue with session by using the old one. but when upgrade to 10.x, I get the issue.
Note : I’m using session driver file

explanation and solution

Laravel 11 not executing Policy

So I have a Model, Middleware and a Policy.
The problem is that I seem to can not get the policy to work correctly.

This is my policy code:

<?php

namespace AppPolicies;

use IlluminateSupportFacadesLog;
use AppModelsApiKey;

class ApiKeyPolicy
{
    /**
     * Determine if the given API key is valid for the given user.
     *
     * @param  string  $apiUser
     * @param  string  $apiKey
     * @return bool
     */
    public function access($apiUser, $apiKey)
    {
        Log::info("Checking API key for user: $apiUser with key: $apiKey");

        $userApiKey = ApiKey::where('key_user', $apiUser)->first();

        if (!$userApiKey) {
            Log::warning("User not found: $apiUser");
            return false;
        }

        $valid = $userApiKey->key === $apiKey;

        Log::info("API key valid: " . ($valid ? 'Yes' : 'No'));

        return $valid;
    }
}

This is my middleware code:

<?php

namespace AppHttpMiddleware;

use Closure;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use IlluminateSupportFacadesLog;
use IlluminateSupportFacadesGate;
use SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationResponse;

class VerifyApiKeyMiddleware
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  Closure(IlluminateHttpRequest): (SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationResponse)  $next
     */
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
    {
        $apiKey = $request->header('X-AW-KEY');
        $apiUser = $request->header('X-AW-USER');

        Log::info("Received API User: $apiUser, API Key: $apiKey");

        if (!$apiKey || !$apiUser) {
            Log::warning('API key or user not found');
            abort(401, 'API key or user not found');
        }

        // This is always false somehow
        $allowed = Gate::allows('access-api', [$apiUser, $apiKey]);

        Log::info("Gate check result for API User: $apiUser, API Key: $apiKey, Allowed: " . ($allowed ? 'Yes' : 'No'));

        if (!$allowed) {
            Log::warning('Unauthorized API key');
            abort(403, 'Unauthorized API key');
        }

        return $next($request);
    }
}

Inside the AppServiceProvider.php inside the boot() function I am registering the Policy the following way: Gate::define('access-api', [ApiKeyPolicy::class, 'access']);

This is how I use it:

<?php

use IlluminateSupportFacadesRoute;
use AppHttpControllersAPILoginController;

use AppHttpMiddlewareVerifyApiKeyMiddleware;

Route
    ::prefix('/user')
    ->middleware(['api', VerifyApiKeyMiddleware::class])
    ->group(function ()
    {
        Route::post('/authenticate', [LoginController::class, 'DoAuth'])->name('api.user.authenticate');
    }
);

My problem is that despite having all the logs and such it never actually does execute the Policy code therefore always returning a false. I really do not see where I did go wrong in this. I tried to map the policies inside the AppServiceProvider but this also did not help.

passing a json between as answer to ajax request [closed]

I use a php code to filter some data as a search engine in a sql database and send the results as json to the index where there is a function that will load these results, in localhost with xampp it works well and fast but on my online host I keep getting this error: Uncaught (in promise) SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
at index.php:866:29

there is the php code:

<?php
include 'config.php';

// Connexion à la base de données
$mysqli = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
    die("Erreur de connexion à la base de données: " . $mysqli->connect_error);
}

// Récupération du terme de recherche et formatage
$searchTerm = isset($_GET['recherche']) ? $_GET['recherche'] : '';
$page = isset($_GET['page']) ? (int)$_GET['page'] : 1;
$projetsParPage = 2; // Nombre de projets affichés par page
$offset = ($page - 1) * $projetsParPage;

$searchTermFormatted = '%' . $mysqli->real_escape_string($searchTerm) . '%';

// Récupérer tous les projets correspondant au terme de recherche
$searchQuery = "SELECT * FROM projets WHERE statut=1 AND (titre LIKE ? OR description LIKE ? OR type LIKE ?) ORDER BY id DESC";
$searchStmt = $mysqli->prepare($searchQuery);
$searchStmt->bind_param('sss', $searchTermFormatted, $searchTermFormatted, $searchTermFormatted);
$searchStmt->execute();
$searchResult = $searchStmt->get_result();
$searchProjects = [];
while ($row = $searchResult->fetch_assoc()) {
    $searchProjects[] = $row;
}

$total1=count($searchProjects);
$searchStmt->close();

// Récupérer les autres projets non liés à la recherche
$otherQuery = "SELECT * FROM projets WHERE statut=1 AND id NOT IN (SELECT id FROM projets WHERE statut=1 AND (titre LIKE ? OR description LIKE ? OR type LIKE ?)) ORDER BY id DESC";
$otherStmt = $mysqli->prepare($otherQuery);
$otherStmt->bind_param('sss', $searchTermFormatted, $searchTermFormatted, $searchTermFormatted);
$otherStmt->execute();
$otherResult = $otherStmt->get_result();
while ($row = $otherResult->fetch_assoc()) {
    $searchProjects[] = $row;
}
$otherStmt->close();

// Diviser les projets en pages
$totalProjects = count($searchProjects);
$totalPages = ceil($totalProjects / $projetsParPage);
$projectsByPage = array_chunk($searchProjects, $projetsParPage);

// Construction de la réponse JSON
$response = [
    'projects' => $projectsByPage,
    'currentPage' => $page,
    'totalPages' => $totalPages,
    'searchTerm' => $searchTerm,
    'notification' => $total1 == 0 ? "Aucun résultat trouvé pour votre recherche. Affinez votre recherche pour obtenir des résultats plus pertinents." : ""
];

// Fermeture de la connexion
$mysqli->close();

// Renvoyer les projets au format JSON
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode($response);
?>

and there the function in the index:

function loadProjects(page, searchTerm) {
    fetch(`filtrer.php?recherche=${encodeURIComponent(searchTerm)}&page=${page}`)
        .then(response => {
            if (!response.ok) {
                throw new Error('Network response was not ok');
            }
            return response.json();
        })
        .then(data => {
            projectsData = data.projects || []; // Assurez-vous que projectsData est toujours un tableau
            currentPage = data.currentPage || 1; // Défaut à la page 1 si la valeur est manquante
            totalPages = data.totalPages || 1; // Défaut à 1 si la valeur est manquante
            updateProjectGrid(currentPage);
            updatePagination(searchTerm);
            
            if (data.notification) {
                showNotification(data.notification,"error");
            }
        })
        .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
}

Please help!!!

using the inspection tool i found that is the json I receive in localhost: enter image description here

but on the namecheap host, the json is simply empty

I tried to change the way I create the json, but still doesn’t work on my host wich is a Namecheap host. I tried to explore the server configuration to find something but nothing.

Move to first row with OpenSpout

I read an xlsx- or csv-file with OpenSpout and want to read the first row (column-titles) before further processing. I get the rowIterator like this:

$iterator = $reader->getSheetIterator()->current()->getRowIterator();

The key is at 0 at the beginning. I try to move the key to 1 with

$iterator->next();

but I get the error
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Data must be loaded before reading…

What am I missing here?

Issue with PHP and MySQL Timezone Settings Affecting my Audit Logs

I have developed a PHP system where my friends can bet on who will become the European football champions. The system allows users to set their scores for every game up to one hour before a match starts, after which the scores are “locked” and no further changes can be made. Additionally, users must predict the gold and silver medalists before the tournament’s first match begins.

I have a cron job (cron.php) that runs every minute to check if a user has forgotten to set a score or predict medalists. If a match is locked and no score is set, or if the first match starts and no medalists are predicted, the cron job iterates through all players and assigns random values to all locked games with NULL scores or no scores at all.

The system works almost as intended, except for an issue with the audit system that logs the actions of the cron job in human-readable format. The timestamps in these logs are saved in UTC, which is the non-changeable server time of my hosting service. This affects all audit entries related to:

  1. Setting scores that do not exist.
  2. Setting scores that exist but are NULL.
  3. Setting medalist records that exist but are NULL.
  4. Setting medalist records that do not exist in the database.

After spending many hours troubleshooting, I am unable to resolve this issue. I have isolated the problem to the following line:

// Set MySQL timezone to Helsinki time
$C->query("SET time_zone = '+03:00'");

Removing or altering this line causes the code to fail, iterating only the first match ID and then stopping. Additionally, changing or removing:

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Helsinki');

has no effect.

I am including the code for cron.php and utils.php, which handles database interactions, for reference. How can I fix this timezone issue while ensuring the cron job works correctly so that the timestamp is set correctly to UTC+3 (Europe/Helsinki)?

Here is the cron.php

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/utils.php'; // Ensure the path is relative to the current directory

$C = connect();
if (!$C) {
    die("Database connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}

// Set MySQL timezone to Helsinki time
$C->query("SET time_zone = '+03:00'");

// Fetch all matches that are locked (i.e., within one hour of the start time) or already started
$matchesQuery = "
    SELECT m.Match_ID, m.Home_Team, m.Guest_Team
    FROM matches m
    WHERE m.Match_Time <= (NOW() + INTERVAL 1 HOUR)
";

$matchesResult = sqlSelect($C, $matchesQuery);

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Helsinki'); // Set the default timezone to Helsinki

if ($matchesResult && $matchesResult->num_rows > 0) {
    while ($match = $matchesResult->fetch_assoc()) {
        $matchId = $match['Match_ID'];
        $homeTeam = $match['Home_Team'];
        $guestTeam = $match['Guest_Team'];

        // Fetch all players
        $allPlayersQuery = "SELECT id, name FROM users";
        $allPlayersResult = sqlSelect($C, $allPlayersQuery);

        if ($allPlayersResult && $allPlayersResult->num_rows > 0) {
            while ($player = $allPlayersResult->fetch_assoc()) {
                $userId = $player['id'];
                $username = $player['name'];

                // Check if there is an existing prediction
                $predictionQuery = "
                    SELECT Predicted_Home_Score, Predicted_Guest_Score
                    FROM predictions
                    WHERE Match_ID = ? AND User_ID = ?";
                $predictionResult = sqlSelect($C, $predictionQuery, 'ii', $matchId, $userId);

                if ($predictionResult && $predictionResult->num_rows > 0) {
                    $prediction = $predictionResult->fetch_assoc();
                    $homeScore = $prediction['Predicted_Home_Score'];
                    $guestScore = $prediction['Predicted_Guest_Score'];

                    if (is_null($homeScore) || is_null($guestScore)) {
                        $oldHomeScore = is_null($homeScore) ? 'NULL' : $homeScore;
                        $oldGuestScore = is_null($guestScore) ? 'NULL' : $guestScore;

                        $homeScore = is_null($homeScore) ? rand(0, 5) : $homeScore;
                        $guestScore = is_null($guestScore) ? rand(0, 5) : $guestScore;

                        // Update prediction to set NULL values to random values between 0 and 5
                        $updateScoresQuery = "
                            UPDATE predictions
                            SET Predicted_Home_Score = ?, Predicted_Guest_Score = ?
                            WHERE Match_ID = ? AND User_ID = ?";
                        sqlInsert($C, $updateScoresQuery, 'iiii', $homeScore, $guestScore, $matchId, $userId);

                        // Log the audit for updated prediction
                        $newValue = "$homeScore - $guestScore";
                        $notes = "Järjestelmä arpoi tuloksen $newValue pelaajalle $username otteluun $homeTeam — $guestTeam sillä pelaaja ei itse asettanut tulosta otteluun.";
                        $auditQuery = "INSERT INTO audits (user_id, match_id, old_value, new_value, notes) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
                        $auditStmt = $C->prepare($auditQuery);
                        $oldValue = "$oldHomeScore - $oldGuestScore";
                        $auditStmt->bind_param('iisss', $userId, $matchId, $oldValue, $newValue, $notes);
                        $auditStmt->execute();
                        $auditStmt->close();
                    }
                } else {
                    // Insert a random prediction if no prediction exists
                    $homeScore = rand(0, 5);
                    $guestScore = rand(0, 5);
                    $insertPredictionQuery = "
                        INSERT INTO predictions (Match_ID, User_ID, Predicted_Home_Score, Predicted_Guest_Score, Prediction_Time)
                        VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, NOW())";
                    sqlInsert($C, $insertPredictionQuery, 'iiii', $matchId, $userId, $homeScore, $guestScore);

                    // Log the audit for new prediction
                    $newValue = "$homeScore - $guestScore";
                    $notes = "Järjestelmä arpoi tuloksen $newValue pelaajalle $username otteluun $homeTeam — $guestTeam (pelaaja ei asettanut tulosta)";
                    $auditQuery = "INSERT INTO audits (user_id, match_id, old_value, new_value, notes) VALUES (?, ?, NULL, ?, ?)";
                    $auditStmt = $C->prepare($auditQuery);
                    $auditStmt->bind_param('iiss', $userId, $matchId, $newValue, $notes);
                    $auditStmt->execute();
                    $auditStmt->close();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

// Fetch the first match time
$firstMatchQuery = "SELECT MIN(Match_Time) as FirstMatchTime FROM matches";
$firstMatchResult = sqlSelect($C, $firstMatchQuery);
$firstMatchTime = $firstMatchResult->fetch_assoc()['FirstMatchTime'];

// 2. Randomize gold and silver medalists if not set one hour before the first match
if ($firstMatchTime && (strtotime($firstMatchTime) - time()) <= 3600) {
    // List of teams
    $teams = ['Saksa', 'Skotlanti', 'Unkari', 'Sveitsi', 'Espanja', 'Kroatia', 'Italia', 'Albania', 'Puola', 'Hollanti', 'Slovenia', 'Tanska', 'Serbia', 'Englanti', 'Romania', 'Ukraina', 'Belgia', 'Slovakia', 'Itävalta', 'Ranska', 'Turkki', 'Georgia', 'Portugali', 'Tšekki'];

    // Fetch all users
    $allUsersQuery = "SELECT id, name FROM users";
    $allUsersResult = sqlSelect($C, $allUsersQuery);

    if ($allUsersResult && $allUsersResult->num_rows > 0) {
        while ($player = $allUsersResult->fetch_assoc()) {
            $userId = $player['id'];
            $username = $player['name'];

            // Check if there is an existing medalist prediction
            $medalistQuery = "
                SELECT Gold_Medalist, Silver_Medalist
                FROM medalists
                WHERE User_ID = ?";
            $medalistResult = sqlSelect($C, $medalistQuery, 'i', $userId);

            $medalist = $medalistResult ? $medalistResult->fetch_assoc() : null;
            $currentGold = $medalist['Gold_Medalist'] ?? null;
            $currentSilver = $medalist['Silver_Medalist'] ?? null;

            $randomGold = null;
            $randomSilver = null;

            // If either medalist is missing, assign random teams
            if (is_null($currentGold) || is_null($currentSilver)) {
                if (is_null($currentGold)) {
                    $randomGold = $teams[array_rand($teams)];
                }

                if (is_null($currentSilver)) {
                    do {
                        $randomSilver = $teams[array_rand($teams)];
                    } while ($randomSilver == $randomGold);
                }

                // Insert or update the medalist record
                $insertMedalistQuery = "
                    INSERT INTO medalists (User_ID, Gold_Medalist, Silver_Medalist)
                    VALUES (?, ?, ?)
                    ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
                        Gold_Medalist = IF(VALUES(Gold_Medalist) IS NOT NULL, VALUES(Gold_Medalist), Gold_Medalist),
                        Silver_Medalist = IF(VALUES(Silver_Medalist) IS NOT NULL, VALUES(Silver_Medalist), Silver_Medalist)";
                sqlInsert($C, $insertMedalistQuery, 'iss', $userId, $randomGold ?? $currentGold, $randomSilver ?? $currentSilver);

                // Log the audit for medalist predictions
                if (!is_null($randomGold)) {
                    $notes = "Järjestelmä arpoi pelaajan $username kultamitalistimaaksi $randomGold";
                    $auditQuery = "INSERT INTO audits (user_id, match_id, old_value, new_value, notes) VALUES (?, NULL, NULL, ?, ?)";
                    $auditStmt = $C->prepare($auditQuery);
                    $auditStmt->bind_param('iss', $userId, $randomGold, $notes);
                    $auditStmt->execute();
                    $auditStmt->close();
                }

                if (!is_null($randomSilver)) {
                    $notes = "Järjestelmä arpoi pelaajan $username hopeamitalistimaaksi $randomSilver";
                    $auditQuery = "INSERT INTO audits (user_id, match_id, old_value, new_value, notes) VALUES (?, NULL, NULL, ?, ?)";
                    $auditStmt = $C->prepare($auditQuery);
                    $auditStmt->bind_param('iss', $userId, $randomSilver, $notes);
                    $auditStmt->execute();
                    $auditStmt->close();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

mysqli_close($C);
?>

and here is the utils.php

<?php
    require_once 'config.php';

    use PHPMailerPHPMailerPHPMailer;
    use PHPMailerPHPMailerException;

    require 'PHPMailer-master/src/Exception.php';
    require 'PHPMailer-master/src/PHPMailer.php';
    require 'PHPMailer-master/src/SMTP.php';

    function debugLog($message) {
        if (defined('DEBUG_MODE') && DEBUG_MODE) {
            echo $message . "<br>";
        }
    }
    
    function connect() {
        $C = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD, DB_DATABASE);
        if ($C->connect_error) {
            debugLog("Connection failed: " . $C->connect_error);
            return false;
        }
        $C->set_charset("utf8mb4");
        debugLog("Database connected successfully.");
        return $C;
    }
    
    function sqlSelect($C, $query, $format = false, ...$vars) {
        debugLog("Preparing query: $query");
        $stmt = $C->prepare($query);
        if (!$stmt) {
            debugLog("Prepare failed: (" . $C->errno . ") " . $C->error);
            return false;
        }
        if ($format) {
            debugLog("Binding parameters.");
            if (!$stmt->bind_param($format, ...$vars)) {
                debugLog("Binding parameters failed: (" . $stmt->errno . ") " . $stmt->error);
                return false;
            }
        }
        debugLog("Executing query.");
        if (!$stmt->execute()) {
            debugLog("Execute failed: (" . $stmt->errno . ") " . $stmt->error);
            $stmt->close();
            return false;
        }
        debugLog("Getting result.");
        $res = $stmt->get_result();
        if (!$res) {
            debugLog("Getting result set failed: (" . $stmt->errno . ") " . $stmt->error);
        }
        $stmt->close();
        return $res;
    }
    
    

    function sqlInsert($C, $query, $format = false, ...$vars) {
        $stmt = $C->prepare($query);
        if($format) {
            $stmt->bind_param($format, ...$vars);
        }
        if($stmt->execute()) {
            $id = $stmt->insert_id;
            $stmt->close();
            return $id;
        }
        $stmt->close();
        return -1;
    }

    function sqlUpdate($C, $query, $format = false, ...$vars) {
        $stmt = $C->prepare($query);
        if($format) {
            $stmt->bind_param($format, ...$vars);
        }
        if($stmt->execute()) {
            $stmt->close();
            return true;
        }
        $stmt->close();
        return false;
    }

Here I finally provide the essential DB schematics:

describe audits;
describe predictions;
describe medalists;

id  int(11) NO  PRI NULL    auto_increment  
user_id bigint(20)  NO  MUL NULL        
match_id    int(11) YES MUL NULL        
old_value   varchar(255)    YES     NULL        
new_value   varchar(255)    NO      NULL        
change_time timestamp   NO      current_timestamp() on update current_timestamp()   
notes   text    YES     NULL        
Prediction_ID   int(11) NO  PRI NULL    auto_increment  
User_ID bigint(20)  NO  MUL NULL        
Match_ID    int(11) NO  MUL NULL        
Predicted_Home_Score    int(11) YES     NULL        
Predicted_Guest_Score   int(11) YES     NULL        
Prediction_Time timestamp   NO      current_timestamp() on update current_timestamp()   
User_ID bigint(20)  NO  PRI NULL        
Gold_Medalist   varchar(255)    YES     NULL        
Silver_Medalist varchar(255)    YES     NULL        

I am running macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 and trying to create model for my laravel todo app

ar make:model Todo -m
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ar: illegal option -- k
usage:  ar -d [-TLsv] archive file ...
        ar -m [-TLsv] archive file ...
        ar -m [-abiTLsv] position archive file ...
        ar -p [-TLsv] archive [file ...]
        ar -q [-cTLsv] archive file ...
        ar -r [-cuTLsv] archive file ...
        ar -r [-abciuTLsv] position archive file ...
        ar -t [-TLsv] archive [file ...]
        ar -x [-ouTLsv] archive [file ...]

What does this mean?

I am quite new to php laravel so I am not too confident with it all so the more detail about solving this the better.

Protecting informaiton entered on school website [closed]

I am making a website for my school that has many pages. One of the pages is a form that sends the info entered to an email. The way the information is sent is using a outlook api that sends me a email when information is submitted on the form using php.

I want to protect the info that is entered specifically. I didn’t want to keep the information on the directory of my website because I feel this would be a major vulnerability. That is why I went with a email api. Is there a chance this information could fail to send randomly if it worked before? And could hackers get access to the information or change api to there own?

I know this is two questions in one. Feel like both questions could be answered in one answer of protecting the info and I don’t want to make another post feels spammy.

Only security measure I have right now which is not related to protecting the information is a way to validate information entered on the form . Currently I have been mainly focusing on the front-end part of my website so haven’t gave much thought to security measures.

Any tips or ideas are welcome.

How to invoke Agent using Bedrock Agent Runtime Client in AWS SDK with PHP

How to properly parse the result from invokeAgent.

`$client = new BedrockAgentRuntimeClient([
    'version' => 'latest',
    'region' => 'us-east-1',
    'credentials' => [
        'key' => '...',
        'secret' => '...',
    ],
]);

$payloadAgent = [
    'agentId' => '...',
    'agentAliasId' => '...',
    'sessionId' => '123456',
    'enableTrace' => false,
    'inputText' => 'prompt to send to the agent',
];

$completion = '';
try {
    $response = $client->invokeAgent($payloadAgent);
    print_r($response);

    foreach ($response['completion'] as $chunkEvent) {
        $chunk = $chunkEvent['chunk'];
        $decodedResponse = utf8_decode($chunk['bytes']);
        $completion .= $decodedResponse;
    }
    
} catch (AwsException|Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}`

Output is:
Failed to parse unknown message type. in /vendor/aws/aws-sdk-php/src/Api/Parser/EventParsingIterator.php:74

How to fetch the output as how it is displayed in case of using AWS Console and testing the agent there?

Problem creating two zip files when zipping the directory using the Exec function

I am trying to zip the directory or file using the Exec function, but there is a problem.
As soon as it finishes creating the first zip for the same directory or file, it starts creating the zip for the same directory and file again and eventually overwrites the previous zip.
This problem was creating multiple zips for the same directory or file at the same time, as seen in the attached image. However, with recent changes we have reduced this problem to creating two zip files.
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I created a log file to analyze the results in detail and the results are below.
2024-05-26 11:58:30 - Lock file is being created: /tmp/32f20e7fedb75ac2b1ebd53199bf7486.lock 2024-05-26 11:58:30 - Running zip command: /home/user/ZIP/file_name-2024-05-26-11-58-30.zip 2024-05-26 11:58:52 - Zip Archive Created Successfully: /home/user/ZIP/file_name-2024-05-26-11-58-30.zip 2024-05-26 11:58:52 - Lock file deleted: /tmp/32f20e7fedb75ac2b1ebd53199bf7486.loc

Below is my zip creation function code.
` function zipDataUsingSystem($source, $destination, $comment = ”) {
$zipsonuc = [];

    // Check if source directory or file exists
    if (!file_exists($source)) {
        $zipsonuc[] = "Source file or directory does not exist: " . $source;
        return $zipsonuc;
    }

    // Processing and securing file paths
    $sourceRealPath = realpath($source);
    $destinationSafe = escapeshellarg($destination); // Make it safe for command only

    // Specify the path to the lock file
    $lockFile = sys_get_temp_dir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . md5($sourceRealPath) . '.lock';

    // Write to the log file that the lock file was created
    file_put_contents('/home/user/error.log', date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " - Lock file is being created: " . $lockFile . "n", FILE_APPEND);

    // Create and lock lock file
    $fp = fopen($lockFile, 'c');
    if (!$fp) {
        $zipsonuc[] = "Lock file could not be created: " . $lockFile;
        return $zipsonuc;
    }

    // Lock operation
    if (!flock($fp, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB)) {
        fclose($fp);
        $zipsonuc[] = "Another zip process in progress: " . $source;
        // Write to the log file that it could not be locked.
        file_put_contents('/home/user/error.log', date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " - Another zip process in progress: " . $source . "n", FILE_APPEND);
        return $zipsonuc;
    }

    // Check if the target directory exists and create it if necessary
    $destinationDirRealPath = dirname($destination);
    if (!file_exists(KOKYOLU.$destinationDirRealPath)) {
        if (!mkdir(KOKYOLU.$destinationDirRealPath, 0777, true)) {
            $zipsonuc[] = "Could not create target directory: " . $destinationDirRealPath;
            // Release the lock and close the lock file
            flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
            fclose($fp);
            // Write to the log file that the directory could not be created
            file_put_contents('/home/user/error.log', date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " - Could not create target directory: " . $destinationDirRealPath . "n", FILE_APPEND);
            return $zipsonuc;
        }
    }

    // Write in the log file that the zip command will be run
    file_put_contents('/home/user/error.log', date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " - Running zip command: " . $destination . "n", FILE_APPEND);

    // Create the zip command, go into the source directory and add its contents
    $command = "cd " . escapeshellarg($sourceRealPath) . " && zip -r $destinationSafe .";
    $output = [];
    $return_var = 0;
    exec($command, $output, $return_var);

    // Check the results
    if ($return_var === 0) {
        // Comment adding process
        if ($comment !== '') {
            $comment = escapeshellarg(iconv(mb_detect_encoding($comment, mb_detect_order(), true), "UTF-8", $comment));
            $commentCommand = "zip -z $destinationSafe <<< $comment";
            exec($commentCommand);
        }

        // Remove single quotes in original filename
        $destinationClean = str_replace("'", "", $destination);

        $zipsonuc[] = "Zip Archive Created Successfully";
        $zipsonuc["dosya_adi"] = $destinationClean;

        // Write to the log file that the zip process was completed successfully.
        file_put_contents('/home/user/error.log', date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " - Zip Archive Created Successfully: " . $destinationClean . "n", FILE_APPEND);

    } else {
        $zipsonuc[] = "Zip Archive Could Not Be Created Due to an Error: " . implode("<br>", $output);
        // Write the error message to the log file
        file_put_contents('/home/user/error.log', date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " - Zip Archive Could Not Be Created Due to an Error: " . implode(", ", $output) . "n", FILE_APPEND);
    }

    // Release the lock and close the lock file
    flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
    fclose($fp);
    unlink($lockFile); // Delete lock file

    // Write to the log file that the lock file has been deleted
    file_put_contents('/home/user/error.log', date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " - Lock file deleted: " . $lockFile . "n", FILE_APPEND);

    return $zipsonuc;
}`

Your help will be appreciated
Thank you from now

Low Quality and Resolution of Resized Images using Intervention Image v3

I am using the Intervention Image library (version 3) in my Laravel project to create thumbnails from a high-resolution image (770×770). Despite setting high quality parameters, the resulting thumbnails are of low quality and poor resolution.

Image on left is the thumbnail (100 * 100), the one on right is the orignal image

  $sizes = [300, 150, 100, 50, 30];
  $image = Image::read($logo); // webp image
  $maxDimension = max($image->width(), $image->height());

   // Resize canvas to make the image square
  $image->resizeCanvas(
    $maxDimension,
    $maxDimension,
    'ffffff00',
    'center'
  );

  foreach ($sizes as $size) {
     $new_image = clone $image;
     $new_image->resize($size, $size, function ($constraint) {
         $constraint->aspectRatio();
         $constraint->upsize();
     });
     $new_image->resizeCanvas(
         $size,
         $size,
         'ffffff00',
         'center'
     );
     $new_image->save($thumb_path, 100, 'webp');
   }

Expected Behavior:
The resized thumbnails should retain high resolution and clarity, similar to the original high-resolution image.

Actual Behavior:
The resulting thumbnails appears to have low quality and poor resolution.

Any insights or suggestions on how to maintain high resolution and clarity for small thumbnails using the Intervention Image library would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!