MD5 - Problem.. relatively simple..

PlagueBane

Alright so I have my code .....

$password = mysql_query("SELECT password FROM staff WHERE name='plague'") or die(mysql_error());
$password = mysql_fetch_array($password);
echo $password[password];
$password2 = "somepassword";
echo "<BR><BR>";
echo "<BR><BR>";
echo md5($password2);

if($password == md5(chop($password2)){
echo "true";
}

okay the thing here is it returns the output in the echo as...

15cbec7e295209fccc739d2e89a265ce

which in my opinion look exactly the same..
But when it's checking in the if statement it returns false. Anyone know why it is returning false?

Weedpacket

Ah, but $password is an array - you should be comparing against $password['password'], yeah?

But why do this in PHP? MySQL has an MD5() function built in.

PlagueBane

er.. wow am I jackass.

Weedpacket

One of those obvious "I don't need to check that bit, I know that bit's right" problems that are the bane of any developer 🙂

PlagueBane

actually no I'm not a jackass..

I'm using the code in an authorization set for a control panel, and I do have it set as the right array, and it's still not working... I'll play around a bit.