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Thank you for your reply. That was the method I had in my head to but it looks so unsafe to me. Is there any way to overcome this? A safer way only using php and mysql? When I think about it I can't see any other way than the traditional one. Even with the use of Joomla, WordPress,... there still has to be a loginform and a database so doesn't that mean this also is the traditional way of doing things?

Hey, I was having some trouble in finding the logic in this: I have a login form (php) and a mySQL database storing the username and password. Problem is that my database is also protected because logically you don't want username's and/or passwords to be public. This means that when someone tries the login form, it is impossible to check if he has correct credentials because this would imply that the db password should be used also to grant access to the database. How to overcome this issue?