MySQL query question.

Question

How can I check if email = '$e' or username = '$e' inside my MySQL query.

Here is my MySQL query so far.

"SELECT user_id FROM users WHERE (email = '$e' AND pass=SHA1('$p'))"        

Answer 1

If you want to modify you existing query so that it works even if $e matches username, you can do:

SELECT user_id 
FROM users 
WHERE (email = '$e' OR username = '$e') AND pass=SHA1('$p')