mysql passwords from php script - suddenly needs to be encrypted

Hi,

I'm setting up a new server and I'm running into a problem with my php scripts accessing mysql databases. On the old site, the passwords are not encrypted and the scripts work fine. However, it seems that for some reason, on my new box the scripts only work when using encrypted passwords. Is this because of a change in the way php works? The new box uses PHP 4.3.4, and the old box uses 4.2.x (I can't check the exact version since my old server is down right now mysql passwords from php script - suddenly needs to be encrypted)

Or, maybe it's a configuration issue in mySQL? Do I need to specify how the password is encoded in the definition of the password field? I don't remember having done this before however.

Anybody have any ideas on this?

Thanks

 

 

 

 

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