You don't decrypt it. You'll need to store it unencrypted if you want to
be able to send it out.
-Rasmus
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Steph wrote:
> 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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