gistfile1.txt

//CONTROLLER

public function retrieve()
	// REQUEST PASSWORD RESET
	// LOADED WHEN THE FORM IS SUBMITTED OFF THE PASSWORD PAGE AND SENDS THE EMAIL WITH TOKEN AND INSTRUCTIONS
	{
		$this->load->library('form_validation');
		$this->load->library('session');
		$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email');
		$this->load->model('user_model', 'um');
		$this->load->library('encrypt');
		$this->load->helper('url');
		$submit = $this->input->post('submit');
		
		if($submit)
		// IF THE SUBMIT BUTTON IS SET
		{
			// START PROCESS TO CREATE $USER VARIABLE THAT HOLDS WHAT THE USER ENTERED IN THE FORM AND THAT CAN GET CHECKED AGAINST THE DB IN THE MODEL
			$user = $this->um->validate_retrieve(array('email' => $this->input->post('email')));
			
			
			// IF THE USER IS CREATED AND CHECKS OUT AND ALL OF THE ERRORS ARE CLEARED ON THE FORM
			if( $user && $this->form_validation->run() == TRUE ) {
				
				$domain = "clci.dev/index.php";
				
				// CREATE A TOKEN LINK TO SEND TO THE USERS EMAIL THAT EXIST IN THE DB AND WAS ENTERED
				
				$token = sha1($user->email.$user->salt).dechex($user->id);
				$link = "http://www.".$domain."/auth/reset/?token=$token";
				{

					$this->load->library('email');

					$this->email->from('noreply@cysticlife.org', 'CysticLife');
					$this->email->to($user->email); 

					$this->email->subject('Reset Password');
					$this->email->message("Please go to the following web address to reset your password:\n\n$link\n\n-Your friends at CysticLife\n\nPlease remember to add the cysticlife.org domain to your address book to ensure that you receive your CysticLife e-Notifications as requested.");	

					$this->email->send();
					redirect('auth/success');
					exit;
				
            	}
				$this->form_validation->run() == FALSE;
				$data['main_content'] = 'auth/password';
				$this->load->view('includes/templates/main_page_template', $data);
				
			
			}
			$this->form_validation->run() == FALSE;
			$data['email_error'] = 'This email is invalid';
			$data['main_content'] = 'auth/password';
			$this->load->view('includes/templates/main_page_template', $data);
			
			
		}
		
	}

//MODEL

//CHECK THE EMAIL THE USER ENTERED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD AGAINST THE MATCHING ONE IN THE DB
	public function validate_retrieve($data) {
		
	 	$query = $this->db->where($data)->get('users', '1');
	
		foreach ($query->result() as $user)
		{
		    return $user->email;
		}

		$reset_token = array(
			'token' => $token,
			'email' => $user->email
		);
		
		$insert = $this->db->insert('reset', $reset_token);
		return $reset_token;
	
	}