Thanks for the suggestions. I guess I can try to:
A) Store the password in plaintext if I need to retrieve the password. B) Store the password using PASSWORD() and then generate a new random password if needed, replacing the old password. C) Look into mcrypt, ENCODE()/DECODE(), encipher/decipher Thanks, Zach -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 12:56 PM To: Zach Curtis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Decrypting PASSWORD() from MySQL Yet another example of ted's out-to-lunchness... Use the mcrypt functions on the password... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]