this is a big question, i know, but i'm writing a script for a weblog-like program for someone's site, and they want me to incorporate the same usernames/passwords as their bb. the thing is, they're using phpBB which stores said user info in a mySQL database, which i have no experience with or knowledge about...

how could i easily get this user info and format it into either a hash or flat text file (whichever's easier)? if you can help me, please go slow and speak as if to a child, because ive never worked with mysql before....

by the way, the versions are 3.x for mysql, 4+ for php

edited: Sat Feb 1 15:50:57 2003 by jeffa - title change (was: ok, this is a doosie...)

In reply to Extracting data from mySQL by Anonymous Monk

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