MySQL password() function to PHP

Question

I tried researching this but still have no answer for it. A program my friend designed writes to the MySQL db passwords using the MySQL password() function.

I am looking for a way to use this through the web front I designed but still have no luck. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The passwords look just like this example

mysql> SET old_passwords = 0;
mysql> SELECT PASSWORD('mypass');
+-------------------------------------------+
| PASSWORD('mypass')                        |
+-------------------------------------------+
| *6C8989366EAF75BB670AD8EA7A7FC1176A95CEF4 |
+-------------------------------------------+

I just need to figure out how to turn this into a function i.e function password_hash

Here's the rest the login query for an example

if (isset($_POST["username"], $_POST["password"], $_POST[$CONF["LOGIN_SIGNAL_TRIGGER"]])) {

    /*
        If we got a login signal, a password and a username, we will
        proceed to check login information. We will first extract
        the user row from the db.
    */
    $user = myF(myQ("
        SELECT `username`,`password`,`id`,`disable_until`,`active`
        FROM `[x]users` 
        WHERE LCASE(`username`)='".strtolower($_POST["username"])."'
    "));

    if (!$user["id"]) $GLOBALS["LOGIN_FAIL_TYPE"] = "e.user";
    elseif ($user["active"] != 1 && $CONF["LOGIN_REQUIRE_ACTIVE"]) $GLOBALS["LOGIN_FAIL_TYPE"] = "e.active";

    else {
        /*
            If the user's account 'disabled' value is greater than 
            the actual date value, and that the bruteforce protection
            system is enabled, we will show an error message
        */
        if (($user["disable_until"] > date("U")) && ($CONF["LOGIN_BRUTEFORCE_PROTECT:ENABLE"])) {
             $GLOBALS["LOGIN_FAIL_TYPE"] = "e.bruteforce";
            (isset($_SESSION["loginFailCount"])?session_unregister('loginFailCount'):false);
        }

        /*
            Account is not disabled
        */
        else {
            if ((isset($_SESSION["loginFailCount"])) && ($_SESSION["loginFailCount"] > $CONF["LOGIN_BRUTEFORCE_FAILCOUNT"])) {

                myQ("UPDATE `[x]users`
                    SET `disable_until` = ".(date("U")+$CONF["LOGIN_BRUTEFORCE_DISABLE_DURATION"])."
                    WHERE LCASE(`username`)='".strtolower($_POST["username"])."'
                    LIMIT 1"
                );

                (isset($_SESSION["loginFailCount"])?session_unregister('loginFailCount'):false);
                $GLOBALS["LOGIN_FAIL_TYPE"] = "e.bruteforce";
            }

            else {

                /*
                    All the information correct, we will proceed to login
                */
                if ($user["password"] == md5(trim($_POST["password"]))) {
                    $_SESSION["id"] = (integer)$user["id"];

                    session_write_close();

                    /*
                        Update the last login key
                    */
                    $me_last_login = me("last_login");
                    myQ("UPDATE `[x]users` SET `last_login`='".date("U")."' WHERE `id`='".me('id')."'");

                    /*
                        Route the user
                    */
                    if (!$GLOBALS["WAP_MODE"]) {
                        header("Location: ".(!$me_last_login?$CONF["LOGIN_FIRST_ROUTE_TO"]:$CONF["LOGIN_ROUTE_TO"]));
                    } else header("Location: {$CONF["WAP_LOGIN_ROUTE_TO"]}");

                } 

                else {
                    (isset($_SESSION["loginFailCount"])?$_SESSION["loginFailCount"]++:$_SESSION["loginFailCount"]=1);
                    $GLOBALS["LOGIN_FAIL_TYPE"] = "e.password";
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

if ((isset($_GET[$CONF["LOGOUT_SIGNAL_TRIGGER"]])) && (!isset($_POST[$CONF["LOGIN_SIGNAL_TRIGGER"]]))) {

    /*
        Handle admin swapping
    */
    if (isset($_SESSION["swap_id"])) {
        $_SESSION["id"] = $_SESSION["swap_id"];
        session_unregister("swap_id");
        header("Location: ?L=admin.index");
    }

    else {
        (isset($_SESSION["id"])?session_unregister('id'):false);
        (isset($_SESSION["SELF_USER_DATA"])?session_unregister('SELF_USER_DATA'):false);

        header("Location: {$CONF["LOGOUT_ROUTE_TO"]}");
    }
}

Answer 1

OP asked how to do this in php. This is how to do it in php:

function sqlPassword($input) {
    $pass = strtoupper(
            sha1(
                    sha1($input, true)
            )
    );
    $pass = '*' . $pass;
    return $pass;
}

Added for posterity (No reason you would use this, use it if mysql decides to deprecate the PASSWORD function?, for informative purposes only) the mysql equivalent of the php equivalent

SELECT 
  UPPER(
    CONCAT('*', SHA1(UNHEX(SHA1('password'))))
  )

Also see MySQL Hashing Function Implementation