"Gary Theisen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Hi all,
>
> I've got:
>
> WinNT
> php 4.3.1
> phpmyadmin 2.5.6
> MySQL 4.0.18-nt
>
> I can connect to my db via my php script using:
>
> [php]
> $connection = mysql_connect ("localhost", "root", "")
> [/php]
>
> That works no problem.
>
> This will not work however:
>
> [php]
> $somePass = md5("somePass");
and why would you do that??
just type the username and password...
> $connection = mysql_connect ("localhost", "someID", $somePass)
> [/php]
>
> gives me this error:
>
> [quote]
> Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <mailto:'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'>
> (Using password: YES)
> [/quote]
>
> I set someID up in the db using phpmyadmin, with it's password using the
> md5() function. I can see via phpmyadmin that someID does indeed have a
32
> byte encrypted password stored.
>
> I can then compare the stored md5 password to the md5 password I'm passing
> to try to connect...via $somePass. The encrypted passwords match exactly.
>
> Why wouldn't the match be confirmed...allowing me to connect?
>
> Thanks!
>
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