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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
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