Tips on implementing password reset

[eluser]Colin Williams[/eluser]
Yeah, I wouldn't let them set the new/reset password. Generate one randomly and email it to them. They could then login with that temp password and use the password change feature.

I thought it would be nice if I could somehow pass a variable direectly between controllers (user id in this case) without post/get. Is it possible in CI?

Well, it's possible with PHP.

Code:

class Example extends Controller {

   function something()
   {
      $this->other_method();
   }

   function other_method()
   {
      return 'something';
   }

}

But can you pass anything from one HTTP request to another without including it in POST or GET data? Sure. That's where Sessions and Cookies are useful.