[PHP-DB] Database storage and Sessions

2006-02-10 Thread Sean Mumford
Hi guys, I'm trying to create a small, publicly accessable database where security is a concern since want some users to have administrative access and others not to. The backend is MySQL 5.0.18 with PHP 5.1.2 on an Apache 2.0.55 server, and I am curious as to how much my session code and my

[PHP-DB] Installing PEAR

2006-03-03 Thread Sean Mumford
I know this may be a bit off-topic, but I would like to use the PEAR library to implement some of my database functions. Unfortunately, the PEAR documentation is woefully incomplete and as a result i've been unable to install it properly. Here's the procedure i went through: PHP Version: 5.1.2

[PHP-DB] MD5, MySQL, and salts

2006-04-17 Thread Sean Mumford
Hi Guys, I'm working on securing user passwords in a MySQL 4 database with a PHP5 frontend. I remember being told in one of my classes (I'm currently a college junior) that the best way would be to hash a salt and the password together and then store the hash in the database instead of the plain

RE: [PHP-DB] Submitting form from a href

2006-07-17 Thread Sean Mumford
Couldn't you achieve the same effect without javascript by simply using GET values instead of post? As in each hyperlink would say something like a href=search.php?letter=aA/a a href=search.php?letter=bB/a, although perhaps you're trying to intentionally avoid using GET as to not clutter up their