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title: "How can we encrypt the username and password using PHP?"  
description: "How can we encrypt the username and password using PHP?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-04-29  
updated: 2020-09-21  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/810/how-can-we-encrypt-the-username-and-password-using-php  
category: "php"  
tags: ["php"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How can we encrypt the username and password using PHP?

You can encrypt a password with the following Mysql>SET PASSWORD=PASSWORD("Password"); \

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

You can encrypt a password with the following Mysql>SET PASSWORD=PASSWORD("Password"); \

### Answer by Amit Singh

You can use the MySQL PASSWORD() function to encrypt username and password. For example,\
INSERT into user (password, ...) VALUES (PASSWORD($password”)), ...);


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