Password Problem

[yogesvamp]

I am new to javascript..

i have a made a form simply containing username textfield, the password text field and the submit button..

when the user click on the submit button i want to them to go to a certain url if the password is correct ...

i want the password to be stored in a separate javascript file ....is that possible

plz can anybody teach me how to do it ...

[Dormilich]

I strongly recommend doing the password check on the server. Although there is a possibility to use md5 and sha1 hash functions* (link).

* never store the passwords in plain text, better store its hash value somewhere and compare it with the hashed return of the supposed to be password from the input.

[yogesvamp]

I just don't know how to do that ..could you provide me the code plz

[Dormilich]

Javascript or server side?

[yogesvamp]

server side .. if its not much trouble for you

[Dormilich]

basicly it runs like that (I'm using PHP here)

if ( hash(HASH_TYPE, $_POST['password']) == STORED_PW_HASH )
  // I use 'ripemd256', at least use 'sha256'
  // HASH_TYPE & STORED_PW_HASH may as well be class constants
{
    // do allowed things like setting $_SESSION etc.
}