Crypt problem

hello I use crypt to crypt member's passwords and use the following verify "$stored_password" is the encrypted, stored password. "$password" is the plain text password you just got from the form. ## Check the passwords $encrypted_password = crypt($password,$stored_password); if ($encrypted_password = $stored_password) { $logged_in = 1; }; the problem I am having is that it is only comparing the first 8 characters of the password so if my password was randyrandy i could get in with randyran How do I fix this the crypt password is stored in the database with enough room to store the password so it isn't cutting it off when inserting to the database. thanks randy