how to retrieve password which is stored using md5 function

md5

[jeephp]

"I am using secure md5 to generate a password.
In case my user forgets his password, there is any way to reconstruct it."
Ranjana

[freeflight2]

not possible to get the original passwd - that's the whole purpose of storing them as md5(passwd) in the first place: in case somebody hacks the box he could not see the user passwords and hack into related accounts (gmail, hotmail etc.)

[jatar_k]

if the user forgets it you just generate a new random one and then store the MD5 of it.

[coopster]

A couple of related threads to give you some ideas ...

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