Re: ok, I ask again.. how to encrypt to be able to match database info?

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Hawk wrote: > I've asked this several times but it doesn't seem like anyone understands my > problem, the passwords are encrypted in the database, but I don't know how > to match an unencrypted password from the login form with the database? > is it possible to encrypt the password I sent from the form in php or does > that have to be done in mysql? > in any case, how do I do it? > If you don't have anything bright to say, don't, in some of the replys I've > had earlier it sounds like you think I'm an idiot... > And even if I am, I don't want to be refered as one ;) How you had encrypted your password? with MySQL 'password' function? if yes, try: select user, ... from table where user = "$user" and passwd = password("$passwd") I think you get the idea :) hope this helps, Antonio. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Antonio S. Martins Jr. - System Analist | "Only The Shadow Knows | | WorldNet Internet Maringa - PR - Brasil | what evil lurks in the | | E-Mail: shadow@wnet.com.br | Heart of Men!" | | shadow@uem.br | !!! Linux User: 52392 !!! | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ This e-mail message is 100% Microsoft free! /"\ \ / CAMPANHA DA FITA ASCII - CONTRA MAIL HTML X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL / \