md5 encryption

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Apix
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md5 encryption

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At the moment im thinking of encrypting my members infromation so if the database gets hacked there information will be safe. I have got it working and it uses md5 to encrypt the information. I was just wonderig if its possible to display the unencrypted information say when i want to update there information or whatever? I have a feeling that md5 is a one way encryption isnt it. If this is true is there another way of encrypting the information so it can be decrypted and updated or displayed on a admin page?
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scratch that.. crypt is one way too... my brain wasn't working. but later on in the post it talks about what you were asking.
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Post by daemorhedron »

You were close, probably thinking of mcrypt() which is an encryption/decryption routine. You can also look into openssl and mhash too.

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