mysqlUser Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Hi All, I just wanted to know how to not show the text entered in a field I considered is a password field by using phpMyAdmin. I am using php to insert the fields from a page to the MySql database. Thank u for ur response in advance. SL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megan Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Hi All, I just wanted to know how to not show the text entered in a field I considered is a password field by using phpMyAdmin. I am using php to insert the fields from a page to the MySql database. Thank u for ur response in advance. SL Do you mean not show it inside the form field (just show dots or stars instead)? if that is it then just set your form field type to type="password" hth ~megan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysqlUser Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Do you mean not show it inside the form field (just show dots or stars instead)? if that is it then just set your form field type to type="password" hth ~megan Thank u Megan. But thats not what I want. Ofcourse if u do that in a text box, what u type on the password field will be invisible. What I want is: to make invisible (I mean replace it with a dot or astrix just like its on the text box whose type is set as password) or hide the text in the field I assumed is a password field in MySql table. (When looking at it by opening the table.) I have seen a "Password" function when I use the PhpMyAdmin insert to table option. But I dont know how to use it in conjunction with Sql statement embeded in PHP statements. Cheers,SL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olajideolaolorun Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Ok... i think you have to explain that again in a simple and clear method.... Quote Best Regards Olajide Olaolorun The Uniform Server Development Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalpz Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Are you saying this. You have a table in MySQL table with a password column. When for example your displaying the results of a table, do you want the password but in complete invisible state? So you cannot see the input field but there is a field holding a value? If so, its - <input type=hidden value=$table['password']> Quote ATOMIC Web Hosting 2007 - 2011 Shared Hosting - Reseller Hosting - Dedicated Servers - Virtual Private Servers (Request Dedicated/VPS Servers via E-mail) E-mail: sales@atomicwebhosting.com Website: http://www.atomicwebhosting.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysqlUser Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 I thank you all for the effort you have made to understand the problem I have and help me out. I have managed to solve the problem. MySQL has a function called password ( PASSWORD('{$HTTP_POST_VARS['txtPassword']}') ) to decrypt the text given and store it in the MySQL database. So even if somebody has access to the database and tries to see the user passwords saved in the table, he/she cant (simple security ah?). Thank you all again Are you saying this. You have a table in MySQL table with a password column. When for example your displaying the results of a table, do you want the password but in complete invisible state? So you cannot see the input field but there is a field holding a value? If so, its - <input type=hidden value=$table['password']> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olajideolaolorun Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 That was it... Md5 works too... :angry: Quote Best Regards Olajide Olaolorun The Uniform Server Development Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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