Use hashed password in mysql connect()?

[firefly2442]

Hello,

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When using mysql_connect(), it works great for connecting to my database but I hate having to store the password in cleartext. I read in a config.php file which has the password but I would really like to use a hash password instead. For example, instead of this:

$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'cleartext_password');

I want this:

$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', '5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592');

Is this possible? Thanks! :)

[Vis3R]

I don't think so, since one-way hashes can't be decoded. Unless you set the database's password to the hash iteself, then the hash becomes your password.

[edited by: Vis3R at 7:03 pm (utc) on Mar. 4, 2008]