Re: decrypting passwords

You store it encrypted and you compare the two encrypted password for validation. You will send it to the user before encrypting it, how else ? And if user forget it, you reset a new one. py ----- Original Message ----- From: Steph <steph@goamerica.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 7:04 AM Subject: [PHP] decrypting passwords 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