Re: MD5 usage
| From: | 1LT John W. Holmes | Date: | Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:50:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: MD5 usage | ||
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> I'm using
>
> $string = 'test';
> md5($string);
>
> to crypt $string. I get the hash output and works fine.
>
> Now, how do I retrieve and check that info? is there a decrypt method ?
No. Use a method like this:
$string = 'test';
$hash = md5($string);
if(md5($string_to_test) == $hash)
{ echo "match"; }
else
{ echo "no match"; }
You have to compare hashes to see if the strings are equal.
---John Holmes...