Hi there,
OOoh it's not just inverted, there's much more involved than that :-) I
just needed to understand why the code wasn't doing quite as I expected but
thanks to you and everyone else in this group I have it sorted out now. May
not look the most attractive solution but heck, it works and that's the main
thing :-)
Chris
> Well, m is more or less in the middle of the alphabet, thus you've made
> your changes, so it will bounce back and forth between n & m. Actually
it's
> working perfectly, and is rather neat, although not what you intended.
>
> Treat your password as an array, step through it, and apply the changes
> letter by letter.
>
> Slightly OT - What are you trying to accomplish? All you are really doing
> is inverting the password -- isn't that one of the first things a cracker
> will try? (If answered earlier in thread, ignore.)
>
> Cheers - Miles
>
>
> At 10:56 PM 4/9/2003 -0400, Chris Payne wrote:
> >Hi there Everyone,
> >
> >Here's a better example of the problem i'm having, there is probably a
> >MUCH better way to do this, but here goes.
> >
> >I am using the following code:
> >
> >$passroutine = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
> >
> > $passroutine = str_replace("a", "z", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("b", "y", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("c", "x", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("d", "w", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("e", "v", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("f", "u", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("g", "t", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("h", "s", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("i", "r", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("j", "q", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("k", "p", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("l", "o", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("m", "n", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("n", "m", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("o", "l", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("p", "k", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("q", "j", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("r", "i", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("s", "h", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("t", "g", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("u", "f", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("v", "e", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("w", "d", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("x", "c", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("y", "b", $passroutine);
> > $passroutine = str_replace("z", "a", $passroutine);
> >
> >which is SUPPOSED to replace letters, a because z and so on, but after it
> >gets to m it screws up and displays:
> >
> >abcdefghijklmmlkjihgfedcba
> >
> >How can I do the above code in such a way that it won't produce this
problem?
> >
> >Any help will be greatly appreciated :-)
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Chris
>
>
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