Nope, the login function uses cleartext. Put your connect function in a seperate file in a secure directory, and include() it to make the connection. That seems to be the way to do it, someone else may have a better idea. -Micah On Thursday 24 February 2005 02:37 am, Gael Lams wrote: > Hi all > > I use the classic following rows to connect to a mysql > database. I always put $passsword in clear in the php > connection file and I wonder whether there is a way to > have it in md5 so that someone reading the file could > not use it to connect to the db. I googled a bit but > find only threads explaining how to have password > saved in md5 inside a mysql table which is not I would > like to do > > Regards, > > Gaël > > function SQLConnect() > { > $server_name = 'localhost'; > $db_name = 'cmsdb'; > $user_name = 'user'; > $password = 'clearpassword'; > > if (!$dbconnect = > mysql_connect($server_name, $user_name, $password)) > { > echo "Connection failed to the > host 'localhost'."; > exit; > } > if (!mysql_select_db($db_name)) > { > echo "Cannot connect to > database '.$db_name.'"; > exit; > } > } > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php