Matching logins to an old htpasswd file

Hey, I have a old htpasswd file with a lot of logins in this format: test:dGRkPurkuWmW2 (test:test) test1:dGlAW3zdxeAG2 (test1:test1) now I have a login form what takes a POST "user" and a POST "pw"... but if you look at my above first example login.. the username and pass are "test:test" but it gets encoded into "test:dGRkPurkuWmW2" so how do I try to match the data I get from the POST "pw" field when that will come in as normal text? Any example code, links (even a RTFM+URL) would be appreciated. Thanks! Ryan ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.