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PHP & MySQL: AES_Encrypt / AES_Decrypt


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Alrighty then. If I were to use the following commands they work just fine:

AES_Encrypt (PHP):

$un = david;

$pw = pass;

mysql_query(INSERT into tablename (un,pw) values ('$un',aes_encrypt('$pw','key'))",$db);

AES_Encrypt (Command Prompt):

SELECT un, aes_decrypt(pw,'key') from tablename where id=1;

However. I'm trying to write a login page based upon the encrypted data via PHP (send the data via a form and process it). I had it working perfectly - but as soon as encryption is entered things don't go my way. Here's a sample of my efforts which aren't looking too good (I am extracting from a form, but for simplicity I'm using static data).

<?php

$un = david;
$pw = pass;

$result = mysql_query("SELECT un, aes_decrypt(pw,'key') FROM table_login where un='$un' and pw='$pw' ",$db);

$array_r = mysql_fetch_array($result);

echo "User". $array_r["un"] ."<br />";
echo "Pass". $array_r["pw"];
?>

I searched google and other sites with no luck, but from what I'm told - the aes_decrypt function has to remain in the SELECT clause because it's a MySQL function and not a PHP function.

Please help me and thanks in advance.

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  flightmike1 said:
Your WHERE clause is comparing the unencrypted password(submitted by the user) to the encrypted password in the database, it might be easier if you use PHP to do the encryption.

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Exactly what I meant - what I cannot figure out is how to do this in PHP :(

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Why don't you try to do 2 querys?

<?php

$un = david;
$pw = pass;

$result = mysql_query("SELECT aes_encrypt(pw,'key')");
$encrypted = mysql_fetch_array($result));
$result = mysql_query("SELECT un, aes_decrypt(pw,'key') as pw FROM table_login where un='$un' and pw='$encrypted[0]' ",$db);

$array_r = mysql_fetch_array($result);

echo "User". $array_r["un"] ."<br />";
echo "Pass". $array_r["pw"];
?>

:unsure:

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  GatorV said:
Why don't you try to do 2 querys?

<?php
$un = david;
$pw = pass;

$result = mysql_query("SELECT aes_encrypt(pw,'key')");
$encrypted = mysql_fetch_array($result));
$result = mysql_query("SELECT un, aes_decrypt(pw,'key') as pw FROM table_login where un='$un' and pw='$encrypted[0]' ",$db);

$array_r = mysql_fetch_array($result);

echo "User". $array_r["un"] ."<br />";
echo "Pass". $array_r["pw"];
?>

:unsure:

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Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in C:\site\login_check.php on line 4

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Well the code was wrong, but try this:

<?php
$un = "david";
$pw = "pass";

$result = mysql_query("SELECT aes_encrypt('$pw','key')");
$encrypted = mysql_fetch_array($result));
$result = mysql_query("SELECT un, aes_decrypt(pw,'key') as pw FROM table_login where un='$un' and pw='$encrypted[0]' ",$db);

$array_r = mysql_fetch_array($result);

echo "User". $array_r["un"] ."<br />";
echo "Pass". $array_r["pw"];
?>

:cool:

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If you must use AES encryption do the comparision in PHP, i.e. have the query return the decrypted password and then do a simple == comparision in PHP.

<?php

$un = "david";
$pw = "pass";

$result = mysql_query("SELECT un, aes_decrypt(pw, 'key') as pw FROM table_login where un = '$un'");
$array_r = mysql_fetch_array($result);

if ($array_r['pw'] == $pw) {

   // Password is okay

   echo "User", $array_r["un"] ."<br />";
   echo "Pass", $array_r["pw"];

}else {

   // password is invalid!

   echo "Boo! Hiss!";
}

?>

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FINALLY..! (1 query aswell)

$un = $_POST["un"];
	$pw = $_POST["pw"];

	$result = mysql_query("SELECT un, aes_decrypt(pw,'mykey') from tb_login where un='$un' ",$db);
	$encrypted = mysql_fetch_array($result);

if ($encrypted[1]==$pw)
{
echo "yes";
}
else
{
echo "no";
}

I had to encrypt the password into the BLOB field first. Thanks for all the help guys.

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