I was comparing it to what I was thinking about. Like if the field in the table (database) have a username and password. Then you encrypt it with features like this, then how can it be de-crypt if I had like a thousand users account. It was just a thought in my mind.
Now based on your responses and feedback. It seem that the md5() is such a bad idea and instead, using mcrypt function would help. "Marco Tabini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I think that generally you do not want passwords to be decryptable. What > I normally do is try to encrypt whatever the user enters as a password > and compare the resulting encrypted string with what's in the database > to make sure they correspond. If the encrypting function is univocal > (and md5 is) then the correct password will always return the same > encrypted string. > > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 16:06, Scott Fletcher wrote: > > Can it be de-encrypt??? I don't see how since you just use the function > > md5(). > > > > "Marek Kilimajer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > If you don't need the file to be changed to contain md5 encrypted > > > passwords use *fgetcsv() *to read the contenta, > > > then use *md5()* on the password and insert it into database using > > > mysql_query. No need to write a new file. > > > > > > Verdon Vaillancourt wrote: > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >I hope this question isn't too basic... > > > > > > > >I have a flat file (CSV) that I want to import into a mySQL db via > > > >phpMyAdmin. The file has about 1200 rows and is in a format like: > > > >"value","value","password","value","value","etc" > > > >The passwords are in clear text. I need them to be encrypted in md5. > > > > > > > >Is there any advice out there as to how I could process this flat-file > > > >before I import into my db or after the fact? > > > > > > > >Thanks, verdon > > > >Ps. Please cc me if replying to list as I am on digest mode > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
