Re: decrypting passwords
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Fri, 13 Jul 2001 06:09:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: decrypting passwords | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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You don't decrypt it. You'll need to store it unencrypted if you want to
be able to send it out.
-Rasmus
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Steph wrote:
> User enters a new password through a form. Then it is put in the table by the following.
> ($userid is the username)
>
> $query = mysql_query("update users set password =
> encrypt('$password','$userid') where userid = '$userid'")
> or die("Couldn't execute query.");
>
> I need to know how to decrypt the password so that I can have it emailed to the user should
> they forget it.
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> Thanks Steph
>