I have solved this issue. Thanks to those who read and offered advice.

Thanks again,

Darren


On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Michael Daly<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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