In cases like login system, the HTML form should contains a text field for the user to type in the password. But when the user types in the password, other might see the password from behind the user. To avoid from this happening, a password text field is needed. A password text field works when the user type the password into the text field, every character will turn into *. Continue Reading →

In a login system, there are user names and passwords stored in the MySQL database. The passwords are normally stored as strings and are stored as they are inside the database. To have a more security way to store the passwords in the database, it is better to store an encrypted version of the password in the database, therefore only the password owner knows what the password is.

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