If you're converting the input data in a md5 hash has no reason to scape it.



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On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an application in which the password is stored in the database
> as md5(md5('passWord').'userSpecificSalt'). I'm checking the password
> entered with:
> $password=md5(  md5('$_POST['password']').'userSpecificSalt'  );
> $query="SELECT id FROM table WHERE password='{$password}'";
>
> Now I'm a bit queasy about not using mysql_real_escape_string() on
> that $password variable! Please reassure me or tell me the folly of my
> ways. Thanks!
>
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