cheers
"Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >If I insert a row's field's value using the PASSWORD() function, will I
need
> >to use it or another function to find that row using the same field?
>
> You'll need to do this when somebody tries to log in later:
>
>$username = $_POST['username']; # Or $PHP_AUTH_USER or $_GET['username']
> or ...
> $password = $_POST['password']; # Or $PHP_AUTH_PW or $_GET or ...
> $query = "select whatever from users where username = '$username' and
> password('$password') = password";
> ?>
>
> In other words, you can *NEVER* "go backwards" from the password()
function
> output to get the original back. But you can call password() on some
> incoming data and see if the two outputs match.
>
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