On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Wade Preston Shearer said:
<snip> 
> if i registered a new user (username: bob, password: apple), his entry 
> in the database is something like...
> 
>       bob:T3dh93jO2
<snip> 
> 1. what kind of encryption is used when i am using "htpasswd" when 
> registering users via the command line?

Crypt - http://www.php.net/crypt

> 2. can i encrypt passwords with this same encryption using PHP?

$Password = "apple";
$CryptedString = "T3dh93j02";
if (crypt($Password, $CryptedString) == $CryptedString) ...

Note that you can also use md5 or other hashes as well.

> 3. can i make PHP read encrypted passwords?

Not sure what you're asking.  It's a one-way hash.

Frank
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Frank Sorenson - KD7TZK
CSR Computer Science Department
Brigham Young University
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