prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = :username"); $stmt->bindParam(":username", $username); $stmt->execute(); // set the resulting array to associative $result = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); if ($result) { if (password_verify($password, $result[0]["password"])) { return true; } return false; } return false; } function createToken(): string { return uniqid("rpe-"); } }