[kh99]

I don't see how you're getting the salt value, but maybe that's what you mean when you say you can't figure out how to use it.

I think I'd make a "check password" function where you pass it the username and password and it returns true or false. Maybe like:

PHP Code:

function checkPassword($username, $password) 
{
    //Database service vars
    $databasehost = "localhost";
    $databasename = "nes";
    $databasetable = "test";
    $databaseusername ="root";
    $databasepassword = "password";

    $con = mysql_connect($databasehost,$databaseusername,$databasepassword) or die(mysql_error());
     mysql_select_db($databasename) or die(mysql_error());
    
    $query = "SELECT password,salt FROM user WHERE username='" . mysql_real_escape_string
($username) . "'";
    
    $result = mysql_query($query);
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
    mysql_free_result($result);
    mysql_close($con);

    if ($row)
        return md5(md5($password) . $row['salt']) === $row['password'];

    return false;
} 


(BTW, I haven't tried this at all).