Title: Custom "wp_login.php?action=lostpassword"
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Custom "wp_login.php?action=lostpassword"

 *  [Timama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timama/)
 * (@timama)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp_loginphpactionlostpassword/)
 * hello,
 * I’ve got a custom registration form which works. Then, on this form, I have the“
   forget password” link. This one is not working very well. The “forget password”
   form is OK with its design; enter a login or email address to receive an email
   and to change the password.
 * I have 2 cases :
 *  If the login is empty or false
    If the login is right
 * I have the following code :
 *     ```
       <?php>
       //traitement des erreurs de connexion
       $errorlost2 = false;
       if ( !empty( $_POST ) ) {
           $user_login = $_POST['user_login'];
           $user = username_exists( $user_login );
           echo 'user_login =' .$user_login; // renvoi bien le login
           echo 'user =' .$user; // renvoi bien l'ID du user si login exist
           if ( $user == NULL ) {
               header( 'location:lostpassword' );
               $errorlost2 = true;
           } else {
           }
       }?>
           <div id="check-lostpassord" >
           <div class="titre">
               <h1> <img src="<?php echo $cheminsite; ?>/images/lion.png" alt="lion"> <?php echo $lang['TITRE-CONNEXION']; ?>      </h1>
               <div class="titre-underline"> </div>
          </div> 
   
          <div class="connexion-lostpassword">
           <div id="box-lostpassword">
                   <p class="message"><?php echo $lang['lostpassword_message']; ?></p>
                   </br>
                       <div class="error">
                           <p id="lostpasswordform-erreur2">
                               <?php
                               if ($errorlost2):
                               echo 'TEST';
                                   echo $lang['lostpassword_error2'];
                               endif
                               ?>
                           </p>
                       </div>
   
                   <!-- http://club-d-affaires.de/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword -->
                   <form name="lostpasswordform" class="lostpasswordform" action="<?php echo site_url('wp-login.php?action=lostpassword', 'login_post') ?>" method="post" id="lostpasswordform" >
   
               <br class="clear"></br>
                 <p id="text-form">
                   <label for="user_login" ><?php echo $lang['lostpassword_login']; ?>*:<br />
                   <br class="clear"></br>
                   <input type="text" name="user_login" id="user_login" class="input" value="" size="20" /></label>
                 </p>
                   <br class="clear"></br>
                   <br class="clear"></br>
                  <?php do_action('login_form', 'resetpass'); ?>
                   <p class="submit">
                   <input type="submit" name="user-submit" id="wp-submit" class="user-submit" value="<?php echo $lang['lostpassword_envoyer']; ?>" tabindex="1002"/>
                   <?php $reset = $_GET['reset']; if($reset == true) {?> </br></br> <p> <?php echo $lang['lostpassword_confirm'];?></p>
                   <a href="<?php "http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']?>connexion/?langue=<?php echo $langue; ?>" >
                   <h2> <?php  echo $lang['lostpassword_connect']; ?> </h2>    </a>        <?php } ?>
                   <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>?reset=true" />
                   <input type="hidden" name="user-cookie" value="1" />
                   </p>
               </form>
   
              </div> <!-- fin box-connexion -->
           </div> <!-- fin connexion -->
       </div> <!-- fin connexion -->
       ```
   
 * The problem is at the beginning of <form> :
 * Point 1 – Error message, if login is false or empty, works if I have :
 * `<form name="lostpasswordform" class="lostpasswordform" action="" method="post"
   id="lostpasswordform">`
 * Point 2 – Send an email, with the link to modify the password, works if I have:
   `
   <form name="lostpasswordform" class="lostpasswordform" action="<?php echo site_url('
   wp-login.php?action=lostpassword', 'login_post') ?>" method="post" id="lostpasswordform"
   >`
 * The action=”” is the problem here. How can I have point 1 and point 2 working
   at the same time?
 * Many thanks for your help

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-wp_loginphpactionlostpassword/#post-5955785)
 * Instead of using wp-login.php to handle the email reset message, let your PHP
   page do it instead. Some other code patching will be required, but start with
   calling `retrieve_password()` instead of `username_exists()` when handling `$
   _POST` values. `retrieve_password` is a misnomer, it actually checks that the
   passed `user_login` field is valid, then sends the reset email.
 * For examples of handling errors returned by `retrieve_password()`, refer to wp-
   login.php beginning around line 497.
 * By doing this, `action=""` will work for all cases.
 * Note that I currently have spotty Internet access and may not be able to respond
   to further questions for some time. I hope this alone is of some help.

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