Help with decrypting password

[padanaram]

I am writing a password retrieval script. My create password script uses the crypt function to encrypt the password and I add a 2 character salt which is the first 2 characters of the user name. How do I decrypt the password so that I can send to the users email address when they fill out the password retrieval form?

I noticed that the php.net site said that there is no decrypt function.

Greg

[laserlight]

Just send your users a newly generated password. You should only replace the password when you have confirmed that a genuine password request was made.