Probably a very newbie question but, Ive been reading around and have found some difficulty in understanding the creation and storage of passwords. From what i've read md5/hash passwords are the best ways to store them in a database. However, how would I go about creating those passwords in the first place?
So say I have a login page with user bob, and password bob123 - how will I 1. get bobs password into the database to begin with (hashed) 2. how do I retrive and confirm the hashed password?
Thanks