md5 password

[Anon]

hi
I'm trying to create a login-page where you enter username und pw.

if I use e.g. md5('guest') I'll get the following string:
084e0343a0486ff05530df6c705c8bb4

if I generate a htpasswd-file (with htpasswd from Apache) using md5 encryption, I'll get the following string:

guest:$apr1$K63.....$uR8ExcvFvi9bkRwYg6crM.

how should I compare those two kind of strings?

Thanx
Philippo

[Anon]

Somehow you're not MD5'ing the same string. Is the password "guest" too? That's what you're hashing in the call to MD5()