Re: Fwd: Re: [PHP3] MySQL PASSWORD

Hi If I have a column in the db which stores passwords using mysql password. How would I pass the password field from the form to the database so the db would know to check it as a password. M@X --- Maxwell Hung <maxwell_hung@yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Zak Greant <zak@freeimages.com> wrote: > Date: > Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:15:43 -0600 > > To: rparish@digitalwebzone.com,php3@lists.php.net > > From: Zak Greant <zak@freeimages.com> > > Subject: Re: [PHP3] MySQL PASSWORD > > > > At 03:10 PM 6/13/00 +0000, Ray Parish wrote: > > >If I store a password in a MySQL database with > the > > MYSQL property of > > >PASSWORD. Is there a way to grab the password > back > > out of the table? > > >sorta like a decode? > > > > Hello All, > > > > AFAIK the MySQL password algorithm is one way - > you > > cannot decrypt it with > > a simple function. If you need to check to see if > > the password that a user > > enters matches the password in the database, then > > you should pass the > > password to the MySQL password function. If the > > result of this is > > identical to the password stored in the database, > > then the user entered the > > right password. > > > > HTH, > > > > Zak > > Zak Greant > > > > "I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp: I > > know what I ought to do, > > but I don't know where to begin." > > - Stephen Bayne > > > > > > -- > > PHP 3 Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > > To unsubscribe, send an empty message to > > php3-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: > > php3-digest-subscribe@lists.php.net > > To search the mailing list archive, go to: > > http://www.php.net/mailsearch.php3 > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com