Darren Kemp wrote:

> Unfortunately the original system was setup
> using mysql password encryption. (password=password('password')) Since
> there is no way (that i have found) to decrypt a mysql password in php
> or encrypt a password in php using mysql encryption I have been having
> some struggles getting this to work. (as is we are comparing a
> cleartext password to an encrypted password in the code).

I don't know MySQL Select statements in gory detail, but doesn't it 
support something like

SELECT password('cleartextPsw') as encUserPsw

Then just compare the encrypted versions for a match.

Mike


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