Re: Decrypt Function?

Ahhhh, I see. Thank youthat is actually a great idea. Why didn't I think of that? /me hits himself in the head ----- Original Message ----- From: "Opec Kemp ( Ozemail )" <okemp@ozemail.com.au> To: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Cc: <chrisderson@ameritech.net> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 6:57 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Decrypt Function? > Unix "Crypt" function is a one way encrypytion algorithm therefore you > can not technically decrupted as such. The way that you can check to > see if the given uncrypted value is equals to its crypted value is to > > 1) Crypt the string with the same "salt" > 2) Compare this with the crypted version > > If these 2 are the same then you assume that the 2 strings are equal. > If you really want to "decrypt" the string i.e. turn the encrypted > version into its original readable text then you'll have to use > Mcrypt() functions in PHP instead (if you have PHP 4 and above ). > There are also other Encrytion functions available, check in the > manual: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mcrypt.php > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Anderson [mailto:chrisderson@ameritech.net] > > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 8:44 AM > > To: PHP > > Subject: [PHP] Decrypt Function? > > > > > > Is there any way to decrypt dat encrypted using the crypt > > function? If not, then what purpose does that function have? > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >