How to Use the Crypt() Function to Encrypt and Check Passwords
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Every php-script that involves some kind of user login and database interaction has one very important feature – password checking and encryption.
There are a bunch of ways you could create and check passwords – from an insecure string in a database to an encrypted “hash” that you check against user input. This tutorial will show you how to use the crypt() function to store and check passwords in a php script.
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