Question

I have this issue with password encryption, now, I use md5.. i know it’s not the safest but anyways.

I have this code:

$import="INSERT into users(Username,Password,Email,first_name,last_name,phone,user_id) values('$data[0]','md5($data[1]).','$data[2]','$data[3]','$data[4]','$data[5]','$data[6]')";

Now, this posts in the database the value like it is: I mean i.e

md5(A101)

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

The function isn’t a variable, sop it can’t be parsed inside double quotes:

$import="
    INSERT into users
    (Username,Password,Email,first_name,last_name,phone,user_id) 
    values('$data[0]','".md5($data[1])."','$data[2]','$data[3]','$data[4]','$data[5]','$data[6]')";

While PHP parses variables inside double quotes, it won’t look for every function possible. You will need to break the string and concat the values in using the . concat function.