Normalize nickname case on login; fixes failed logins where people were typing MixedCase nicknames (if browser saved this form, it would never work again until clearing the saved form data; very icky.)

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index dd8189a58..84928ec48 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function common_check_user($nickname, $password)
     $authenticatedUser = false;
 
     if (Event::handle('StartCheckPassword', array($nickname, $password, &$authenticatedUser))) {
-        $user = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
+        $user = User::staticGet('nickname', common_canonical_nickname($nickname));
         if (!empty($user)) {
             if (!empty($password)) { // never allow login with blank password
                 if (0 == strcmp(common_munge_password($password, $user->id),