echo post variable as asteriks (***)

[ukweb]

Hi.

I have a page in a registration form which displays the password entered in the previous page as the actual password. How do I substitute each character with * instead, ie if the password was "hello" it would display as "*****", and so on

Many thanks

[localhost]

you probably have this:

<input type="text" name="pass">

the type needs to be password

so...
<input type="password" name="password">

now everything they type in that field will show up as *'s

[poirot]

Just echo '*********' or 'Password Removed for your protection".

If you use <input type="password"> people will still be able to know the password by looking at the source.

[trq]

If your password is in the array element $_POST['pass'].
[code]
<?php
if (isset($_POST['pass'])) {
  $len = strlen($_POST['pass']);
  echo str_pad('', $len,'*');
}
?>
[/code]

[obsidian]

[!--quoteo(post=380208:date=Jun 5 2006, 10:08 AM:name=thorpe)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(thorpe @ Jun 5 2006, 10:08 AM) [snapback]380208[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
If your password is in the array element $_POST['pass'].
[code]
<?php
if (isset($_POST['pass'])) {
  $len = strlen($_POST['pass']);
  echo str_pad('', $len,'*');
}
?>
[/code]
[/quote]

...or...
[code]
<?php
if (isset($_POST['pass'])) echo preg_replace('|.|', '*', $_POST['pass']);
?>
[/code]