Method crypt()

Method crypt

string(46..122) crypt(string(1..255) password)
bool crypt(string(1..255) input_password, string(46..122) crypted_password)
string(46..122) crypt()

Description

This function crypts and verifies a short string (only the first 8 characters are significant).

The first syntax crypts the string password into something that is hopefully hard to decrypt.

The second syntax is used to verify typed_password against crypted_password, and returns 1 if they match, and 0 (zero) otherwise.

The third syntax generates a random string and then crypts it, creating a string useful as a password.

Note

Note that strings containing null characters will only be processed up until the null character.