crypt() and md5

Hello all, i would like to crypt a password as secure as possible. The documentation says crypt() will use DES unless MD5 is available. But in my case this doesn't seem to work. 'echo CRYPT_STD_DES ;' returns 1 'echo CRYPT_EXT_DES;' returns 0 'echo CRYPT_MD5;' returns 1 'echo CRYPT_BLOWFISH;' returns 0 so i will asume, that MD5 is available on my system. But 'echo CRYPT_SALT_LENGTH;' returns 2 and if i test 'crypt('test')' the string is only encrypted with DES. Anybody had similar expieriences? Is this a bug or an error on my side? Best regards Niklas Neumann -- "Ein Experte ist ein Mann, der hinterher genau sagen kann, warum seine Prognose nicht gestimmt hat." - Winston Churchil