Re: crypt
| From: | David Robley | Date: | Fri, 04 Aug 2000 06:08:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: crypt | ||
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On 4 Aug, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> hi.. if crypt() is the function for encrypt.. what's the function for decrypt the
> encrypted variable.. thanks.
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There isn't one - crypt is one way. See
www.php.net/manual/function.crypt.php
If you want to compare something with an encrypted something else, for
instance a user entered password against an encrypted password, just
encrypt the password supplied by the user and compare against the
stored, encrypted version.
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