title: CodeIgniter Password Encryption And Validation
body: <p>I'm using CodeIgniter, and am creating a section of the site where users need to be logged in. I have been reading about storing passwords as MD5 Hashes and encrypted strings with salts, but I don't see anything about decryption. </p>
  
  <p>Is it efficient/safe to encrypt password attempts the same way they were encrypted when they were stored to check for validation?</p>
  
  <p>Is this the recommended way of storing passwords in a php application or using the CodeIgniter Framework?</p>