echo password() database field in decoded form

[metallus]

Hi, i am making a edit user form in dreamweaver and as a default value for the text field with password i get the current password, but in encoded form, because i store passwords using password() in my mysql database. id like to know how to decode it back to plain text and get it in the form field as a default value.
Here is the text field that gets me the encoded default password value displayed on the page:

<td><input type="text" name="vchPassword" value="<?php echo $row_rsUsers['vchPassword']); ?>" size="32"></td>

How do i get it to display in non encoded form??

[leatherback]

hm.. I am not sure about the MySQL password() function. In general an encoded string cannot be decoded, as this completely defeats the purpose of encoding in the first place

[metallus]

yea, i just realized that 🙂 . Oops..

Thx a lot for the reminder.

[leatherback]

NP,

To help users, you can have a reset-password function on the form, which wil email a 'once-only' password, to allow users to load an empty password form and type in a new password.