# Method crypt()

Method crypt

  ``string(7bit)` crypt(`string` `password`)`
  ``bool` crypt(`string` `typed_password`, `string` `crypted_password`)`

Description

  This function crypts and verifies a short string (only the first 8 characters are significant).

  The first syntax crypts the string `password` into something that is hopefully hard to decrypt.

  The second syntax is used to verify `typed_password` against `crypted_password`, and returns `1` if they match, and `0` (zero) otherwise.

Note

  Note that strings containing null characters will only be processed up until the null character.