From 4f4e9d4608758ef8e86d85ce110f1c5bcb30fffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Schieder <fabian.schieder.1010@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:21:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor login.php: improve password handling with explicit
 conditional assignment

---
 login.php | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/login.php b/login.php
index fc8facc..1080ef3 100644
--- a/login.php
+++ b/login.php
@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST')
         $uname = trim($_POST['uname']);
     }
 
-    $pw = isset($_POST['pw']) ? $_POST['pw'] : '';
+    if (isset($_POST['pw']))
+    {
+        $pw = $_POST['pw'];
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        $pw = '';
+    }
+
 
     // Basic Validierung
     if ($uname === '' || $pw === '')