WHERE login = ".$mdb2->quote($login)." AND password = old_password(".$mdb2->quote($password).") AND status = 1";
$res = $mdb2->query($sql);
if (is_a($res, 'PEAR_Error')) {
- die($res->getMessage());
+ return false; // Simply return false for a meaningful error message on screen, see the comment below.
+ // die($res->getMessage()); // old_password() function is removed in MySQL 5.7.5.
+ // We are getting a confusing "MDB2 Error: not found" in this case if we die.
+ // TODO: perhaps it's time to simplify things and remove handling of old passwords completely.
}
$val = $res->fetchRow();
if ($val['id'] > 0) {