Problems with Password reset

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can see anything wrong with this code, as it does not seem to be working.
Once the email is entered, a password should be generated, and should be sent to the users email address (if it exists in the database). Or return an error message if there is no record.
<form method="POST" name="loginform" id="loginform" class="form_area">
        <div class="loginwindow_title">Forgot Password? </div>
        <div class="loginwindow_subtitle">Enter your email below and you will be sent your password</div>
        <div class="loginwindow_form">
              <div class="form_field">
            <span id="email_validation">
          <label for="email"></label>
          <input type="text" name="email" id="email" class="email_field" placeholder="Email Address">
          <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Please enter your account email</span></span>
        </div>
        </div>
        <button name="submit" type="submit" class="login_button">Send my password</button>
</form>
<?php
$email = $_POST['email'];
$submit = $_POST['submit'];
//Connect to DB
$connect = require_once('Connections/drama_database.php');
if ($submit) {
    //CHeck if email exists
    $email_check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email='$email'");
    $count = mysql_num_rows($email_check);
    if ($count != 0) {
        //Generate new password
        $random = rand(72891, 92729);
        $new_password = $random;
        //Create copy of new password
        $email_password = $new_password;
        //Encrypt new password
        $new_password = md5($new_password);
        //Update the database
        mysql_query("update users set password='$new_password' WHERE email='$email'");
        //Send the password to the user
        $email = ($_POST['username']);
        //EMAIL START//
        $msguser = '<html><body>';
            //title start//
        $msguser .= '<h1 align="center"><strong>Password Reset</strong></h1>';
            //title end//
        $msguser .= '<br>';
        $msguser .= 'This is a confirmation email regarding your new password for your account on WEBSITE LINK GOES HERE.';
        $msguser .= '<br><br>';
        $msguser .= "<b>Below is your new password:</b>";
        $msguser .= '<br>';
        $msguser .= "<b>echo ('$email_password')</b>";
        $msguser .= "<b>Please log in using the above password. Once logged in, please click on your profile tab and update your password. (Theprofile button can be found under your username in the top right-hand corner of the page)</b>";
        $msguser .= "<b>Please go to: WEBSITE LINK GOES HERE to log in</b>";
        //EMAIL END//
        $headers = "From: Egham Drama Database <SUPPORT EMAIL GOES HERE>\r\n";
        $headers .= "Reply-To: SUPPORT EMAIL GOES HERE\r\n";
        $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
        $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
            mail($email, 'Drama Database | Password Reset', $msguser, $headers);
        else
            echo "This email does not exist";
?>
Thank you !

still no luck!
This is my edited code and when i enter the email (which is in the database), it returns an error message:
Warning: mysql_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home4/mresnik/public_html/forgotpassword.php on line 79
This email does not exist
<?php
$email = $_POST['email'];
//Connect to DB
require('Connections/drama_database.php');
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    //Check if email exists
    $email_check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email='$email'");
    $count = mysql_num_rows($email_check);
    if ($count !=0) {
        //Generate new password
        $random = rand(72891, 92729);
        $new_password = $random;
        //Create copy of new password
        $email_password = $new_password;
        //Update the database
        mysql_query("update users set password='$new_password' WHERE email='$email'");
        //Send the password to the user
        $email = ($_POST['email']);
        //EMAIL START//
        $msguser = '<html><body>';
            //title start//
        $msguser .= '<h1 align="center"><strong>Password Reset</strong></h1>';
            //title end//
        $msguser .= '<br>';
        $msguser .= 'This is a confirmation email regarding your new password for your account on www.X.com.';
        $msguser .= '<br><br>';
        $msguser .= "<b>Below is your new password:</b>";
        $msguser .= '<br>';
        $msguser .= "<b>echo ('$email_password')</b>";
        $msguser .= "<b>Please log in using the above password. Once logged in, please click on your profile tab and update your password. (Theprofile button can be found under your username in the top right-hand corner of the page)</b>";
        $msguser .= "<b>Please go to: http://www.X.com/index.php to log in</b>";
        //EMAIL END//
        $headers = "From: Egham Drama Database <[email protected]>\r\n";
        $headers .= "Reply-To: [email protected]\r\n";
        $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
        $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
            mail($email, 'X | Password Reset', $msguser, $headers);
        else
            echo "This email does not exist";
?>
EDIT:
I have commented out:
if ($count != 0) {
and the closing tag:
And it seems to send the email as so:
Password Reset
This is a confirmation email regarding your new password for your account on www.X.com.
Below is your new password:
echo ('92013')Please log in using the above password. Once logged in, please click on your profile tab and update your password. (Theprofile button can be found under your username in the top right-hand corner of the page)Please go to: http://www.X.com/index.php to log in
No change is made in the database though

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PROBLEM:
On Friday, April 5th ... after several attempts of inputting my screen password I was constantly told by the 9800 that the wrong password was being attempted; which I know I did input the right PW . [ I believe that one key pertaining to the PW string is faulty and therefore not accepting the right character ] . When I had suffered prior password issues after several attempts the 9800 indicated on the screen that I would be locked out for 15 minutes until I could attempt again. This time after attempting what I believe was 9 times I suffered a "OMG" (Oh My God) situation where-in I believe the screen indicated to me that information would be erased; at that point I saw a progressive bar appear on the screen with the word "WIPING" and I immediately opened the back of the phone and removed the battery to stop the wipe at 40%.
One hour+ later I inserted the battery back into the 9800 and once again the data wipe bar appeared on the screen and I pulled the battery to halt the wipe at 20%.
I went to the Blackberry Official web site and sought out any solutions to stopping the data wipe in the Torch 9800 manuals and other service areas and there was no mention of the data wipe. I sought out other web sites for solutions and there was none... I also referenced a number of Black Berry forums and found that there where mentions of the same issue I was experiencing BUT no solutions.
I then pulled my sim card and inserted it into another Torch 9800 I maintain as a backup and when I went to my Mac Book Pro to connect the alternate 9800 and transfer data to it from the Blackbery desktop manager I was told their was a system failure. I attempted several times to in the dialogue box to copy data and settings from another device and again a system failure appeared. I again went to BB Torch Forums and found out that there have been a number of issues with Apple Macs and back up and transfers of data to Torch 9800 .
On Saturday I contacted Telstra Mobile Technical support and was connected to a Black Berry technical solution specialist who after referring to their BB manual and speaking to colleagues informed me that they saw NO work around solution.
I am therefore appealing to Blackberry wisemen & women to inform me if there is a solution to either obtain my backup data from my Mac and or to halt the Torch 9800 from wiping out my data if I have been able to pull the battery from the device. I have been user of Blackberry devices from the pagers of 1999 and have owned and operated over 14 BBs since along with my wife who is now on her first.
I am looking forward to your reply.
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Professor Kenneth Morgan

Hi canadagoose
Welcome to BlackBerry Support Forums
Sorry to hear that you're experincing such issues !
canadagoose wrote:
When I had suffered prior password issues after several attempts the 9800 indicated on the screen that I would be locked out for 15 minutes until I could attempt again.
But this situation happens when you enter wrong password for your BlackBerry ID , but not with device password that a user set in his device :
KB24157 : BlackBerry ID lockout behaviour .
As you're an old user as you mentioned in your post , I think you will agree that BlackBerry are the most secure devices available , if we enter wrong password to many times ( By default 10 times ) then it will initiate a wipe process , which you cannot stop my any mean.
Sorry to say but there is no way or any workaround available to stop a device wipe after it is initiated .
Reading your backup issue , have you ever done a full backup or a custom backup which atleast include your address book ! If you have it then after a wipe you can restore it from those backup files.
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