phpMyChat

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:04 pm

Two problems. I forget my password to phpMyChat. Does anyone know how I can get it back? I looked at the MySQL database, but the password has been encrypted. I tried editing one of my chat accounts to another encrypted password (that I know), but it isn't working. Anyone know how to edit it using phpmyadmin/unencrypt it?

Secondly, I integrated my PHPNuke site with phpMyChat. My problem there is the field to type in your user name in phpMyChat is only 8 characters long, and my site user name is 10. I need to lengthen that field. I can see the integration has worked, but I just can't type all my name in the field.

PhpMyChat doesn't have a forget password link, but my old accounts are only site's old email addresses. I might be able to update those though through phpmyadmin.

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I don't know the product, but to change your password using phpMyAdmin you need to know the encryption scheme. Let's assume it's MD5. So, you would type in your new password and there should be a dropdown box beside it where you can select MD5. When you save it, it will be encrypted with MD5. This would be the same way you directly change your nuke admin/user password.

As to the lengthening, you might try checking the field length in phpMyAdmin. If it says 8, change it to 10. If that doesn't completely fix it, then you will just have to find the code that generates the input form and the user name check fields.

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:16 am

Thank you, I fixed the passwords. I can't seem to find the length. It is at 10 now, and I need it to 12 (I actually counted it this time). Where would I look for the field's length?

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:33 am

Well, as I said, look at the table schema in phpMyAdmin and verify that it is not limited there. Then, look at what form/file is in the url where it requests your username. View the source code in the browser to see if there is a maxlength attribute on the field. If so, try to find where that logic is, in the actual php file and modify it.

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:53 am

Found it! Thank you again! It was in chat/lib/index.lib.php3.