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Very helpful, Julian. Thanks so much!
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I'm interested in creating a Joomla extension for sending out user account activation emails. I need to know about the activation token.<br />
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The activation token appears to be hex code. The token generated when I registered my test account was 1c99b9e50f765fe8e25e2d6f8d<wbr />328e78<br />
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Where does this code come from? Is it saved anywhere to the database, and/or is it created based upon info submitted by the user - or something else?<br />
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I need to know this so that I can generate it myself.<br />
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Thanks for any help!<br />
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Regards,<br />
Jon
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I'm interested in creating a Joomla extension for sending out user account activation emails. I need to know about the activation token.

The activation token appears to be hex code. The token generated when I registered my test account was 1c99b9e50f765fe8e25e2d6f8d328e78

Where does this code come from? Is it saved anywhere to the database, and/or is it created based upon info submitted by the user - or something else?

I need to know this so that I can generate it myself.

Thanks for any help!

Regards,
Jon

Joomla account activation token

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