How do i hide a password with asterisks in a php form?

[dalearyous]

ok i am stumbling through creating/managing web server database that i am currently hosting myself. i have a basic table setup that takes in user name and password, stores the information, and allows people to login to a site. obviously if they enter incorrect data the site does not let them in and redirects them to main page.

First, is there a simple way to bleep out the password that is typed in to login and register? Can you point me in the right direction?

Second, what do you suggest to do to add basic security to password? (keep in mind its just to access basic stuff, there will be no buying or exchange of personal info so it doesn't have to be crazy secure)

 

[reverend boltron]

<input type="password">

 

[dalearyous]

hah! im retarded. thanks

 

[troytime]

as for security, a salted md5
basically, you combine a piece of your static text or the datetime of the user insertion (or both) with their password and you store that hash.

when they log in, you hash whatever they type as their password the same way (with that unknown string or the users insert datetime or whatever) and compare with the database hash