Re: password encode and decode ?

From: Tony Marston (tony_at_NOSPAM.demon.co.uk)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 10:56:07 +0100

If you want details of a reversible encryption routine for PHP then take a
look at http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/encryption.html. 

-- 
Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
"Jay" <artlover70@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5668e569.0405022242.40eeb2d@posting.google.com...
> Hi everybody !
>
> I've used the "crypt()" function in PHP to save password of a user
> logging in a web-based system. Based on a book that I've read (PHP
> advanced by Larry UllMan), there is no way that we can recover
> (decode) the password once it is encrypted.
>
> Is there any other ways that I can still encrypt a password, save it
> in the database and still able to see it later (instead of a string of
> junk) ?
>
> PS: the reason I am writing this question is because I like to write a
> feature that will e-mail the user his/her password to his/her e-mail
> if he/she doesn't remember the password to log in the system.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!!
>
> Jay

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