SteemTools - Change Current Recovery With PHP. Tutorial

Repository

https://github.com/nawab69/steemtools

What Will I Learn?

You will learn About steem account recovery
You will learn How to make PHP web tool
You will learn How to make a PHP site which will change current recovery account
You will learn How to use API

Requirements

Knowledge on PHP, HTML, Bootstrap, API
Php server
Bootstrap CDN
SteemConnect

Difficulty

Intermediate

Hello Steemians,

I am Nawab. Last week an accident happened to me. So I didn't write any tutorial one week. Now I want to continue my steemtools php tutorial series. In this ongoing series, I have taught you to make some useful tools based on steemit in php language.

Here is the previous series -

Now I will teach you creating steemit account recovery tools. This tool has five part.

Check current recovery account ✅
Change recovery Account ⭕
Check recovery Request
Request account Recovery
Recover Account
Yesterday I have taught you the first part. Today, I will teach you the second part.

Change Recovery Account

It is a tool which can change your recovery account using steemconnect. Follow the steps to make change recovery account…

First, create a file changerecovery.php in the home directory. Then write down the below codes.

Include header file : include() is a PHP function. The Include() function is used to put data of one PHP file into another PHP file. If errors occur then the include() function produces a warning but does not stop the execution of the script i.e. the script will continue to execute.

The header file is not so important. So use this function.

<?php
include ('include/header.php'); // Include header file
include ('include/nav.php'); //Include navigation bar file 
?>

Username and recovery account input form:
For changing steem recovery account with steemconnect, You must input 2 data. These are-

Your steemit username.
New recovery account username.
So, create a bootstrap form with two input box and a submit button.


<form action="" method="post" >

     <div class="form-group">
         <div class="input-group mb-2 mr-sm-2"> 
             <div class="input-group-prepend">
                <div class="input-group-text">@</div> 
             </div>         
              <input type="text" class="form-control" name="user" placeholder="Username">
          </div>
      </div>

      <div class="form-group">
           <div class="input-group mb-2 mr-sm-2"> 
                 <div class="input-group-prepend"> 
                      <div class="input-group-text">@</div>
                  </div> 
                 <input type="text" class="form-control" name="to" placeholder="Recovery Account">
              </div>
         </div>


        <div class="form-group">
            <button align="center" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary mb-2">Submit</button> 
         </div>
</form>

Php functions :Now you have to write some php functions to run the tool. These are-

Get data from HTML form using the POST method. Then store them in different variables.

<?php
if($_POST)
{
$from = $_POST["user"];   // username
$to = $_POST["to"];     // recovery account

Here if($_POST){} means when someone post using HTML form, all the functions inside {} will run.

Generate steemconnect URL :
For changing recovery account steemconnect need 3 input. These are -

account_to_recover: Your steem username.
new_recovery_account : New recovery account username.
extensions: I don't know what is it. But its default value is []

Write this code to make a steemconnect URL

$ext = "[]";  // extension
$api = "https://app.steemconnect.com/sign/change_recovery_account?account_to_recover=$from&new_recovery_account=$to&extensions=$ext";   // steemconnect Api

Redirect to steemconnect: Finally, you have to redirect to steemconnect URL for confirming the transaction.

header("Location: $api");   // redirect to steemconnect
}
?>

Include footer : Include your footer file

<?php
include ('include/footer.php');
  //include footer
?>

Download The file from github

Test the tool

Open the file using a browser. You will see this.

Now input your username and new recovery account. Then click on submit.

The browser will redirect to steemconnect. Input your username & password. Then confirm.