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Thanks Zyloch. <br />
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Yes I have some URLs giving away a bit too much info, was just wondering if I could use MD5 to disguise this. <br />
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As for the passwords, I presume I cant issue a forgotten password to a user...I can only generate a new one for them right?
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Thanks Zyloch.

Yes I have some URLs giving away a bit too much info, was just wondering if I could use MD5 to disguise this.

As for the passwords, I presume I cant issue a forgotten password to a user...I can only generate a new one for them right?

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Yes, once md5 is used, it is irreversible.<br />
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I do not think it is worth it to hide URLs with md5 since even yourself will not be able to retrieve the needed information (I'm assuming you need to unencrypt the URL to use it?). However, there are many strong encryption algorithms and there are some Javascript encryption algorithms also written. A simple search on Google will turn up many.<br />
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Regards...
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Yes, once md5 is used, it is irreversible.

I do not think it is worth it to hide URLs with md5 since even yourself will not be able to retrieve the needed information (I'm assuming you need to unencrypt the URL to use it?). However, there are many strong encryption algorithms and there are some Javascript encryption algorithms also written. A simple search on Google will turn up many.

Regards...

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Thanks again, I'll do some investigating. <br />
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Passwords will be done straightaway
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Thanks again, I'll do some investigating.

Passwords will be done straightaway

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Hi experts, a theory question for y'all.<br />
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What is the benefit of using MD5 in PHP/MySQL? Should it be used just for passwords or should it be used to disguise URLs as well?<br />
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Thanks in advance<br />
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Hi experts, a theory question for y'all.

What is the benefit of using MD5 in PHP/MySQL? Should it be used just for passwords or should it be used to disguise URLs as well?

Thanks in advance





Benefit of using MD5

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.