> I want to compare a password to a encrypted password stored in my
mySQL
> database using password('password'), what's the best way to compare
the
> two?
>
> Encrypted the password sent by the user and compare or pull the
password
> from the database based on username, decrypt it and then compare?
SELECT 1 FROM table WHERE password_column = PASSWORD('$password') AND
username = '$username'
If a row is returned, the username and password match what's in the
database. $password and $username would come from your form or
whatever...
---John Holmes...
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