Too late for that, too.. in addition to providing web hosting for hundreds of sites, we are also a web development company and have 2 major websites out there using extended php 4.1 features.
We need STD_DES, and it appears that PHP 4.1 has switched to using MD5 by default. Thanks for your help! I'll see what I can do. Mike Patrik Wallstrom wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Mike Eheler wrote: > > >>It's too late for that. And I don't believe that the system's crypt() >>function just magically changed at exactly the same time we upgraded to >>PHP 4.1 >> > > According to the crypt() man page, crypt() can use four methods of > encryption: > > CRYPT_STD_DES - Standard DES-based encryption with a two character salt > CRYPT_EXT_DES - Extended DES-based encryption with a nine character salt > CRYPT_MD5 - MD5 encryption with a twelve character salt starting with $1$ > CRYPT_BLOWFISH - Blowfish encryption with a sixteen character salt starting with >$2$ > > You should check which method your crypt() method used before changing > PHP version, and use the mcrypt specific method. You did backup the old > php installation, right? > > -- > patrik_wallstrom->foodfight->[EMAIL PROTECTED]>+46-709580442 > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]