public static function validateUserCred($uname, $passwd) { $ud = UserDBAPI::getUserDetails($uname); if (strcmp(hash('sha256', $passwd), $ud['PASSWD']) == 0) { return $ud['ID']; } print "db hash - " . $ud['PASSWD'] . "\n" . "created hash - " . hash('sha256', $passwd) . "\n"; return null; }