php-general | 2001032

RE: [PHP] Crypt problem From: ..s.c.o.t.t.. [gts] (scott <email protected>)
Date: 03/22/01

you dont... as far as i know,
crypt only works on <= 8 chars
it will truncate anything over 8.

perhaps try using md5 or mcrypt...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Johnson [mailto:programmer <email protected>]
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 4:33 PM
> To: php-general <email protected>
> Subject: [PHP] Crypt problem
>
>
> hello
>
> I use crypt to crypt member's passwords and use the following verify
>
>
> "$stored_password" is the encrypted, stored password.
>
> "$password" is the plain text password you just got from the form.
>
> ## Check the passwords
> $encrypted_password = crypt($password,$stored_password);
>
> if ($encrypted_password = $stored_password) { $logged_in = 1; };
>
>
> the problem I am having is that it is only comparing the first 8 characters
> of the password
>
> so if my password was randyrandy
>
> i could get in with randyran
>
> How do I fix this
>
> the crypt password is stored in the database with enough room to store the
> password so it isn't cutting it off when inserting to the database.
>
> thanks
>
> randy
>
>
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