Task: SQL-based authentication
Python: import mysql.connector 
import hashlib
 
import sys	 
import random	 
 
DB_HOST = "localhost"	 
DB_USER = "devel" 
DB_PASS = "devel"	 
DB_NAME = "test"	 
 
def connect_db():	 
    	 
    try:	 
        return mysql.connector.connect(host=DB_HOST, user=DB_USER, passwd=DB_PASS, db=DB_NAME)	 
    except:	 
        return False	 
 
def create_user(username, passwd):	 
    	 
    db = connect_db()	 
    if not db:	 
        print "Can't connect MySQL!"
        return None
 
    cursor = db.cursor()	 
 
    salt = randomValue(16)	 	 
    passwd_md5 = hashlib.md5(salt+passwd).hexdigest()	 
 
    
    try:	 
        cursor.execute("INSERT INTO users (`username`, `pass_salt`, `pass_md5`) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)", (username, salt, passwd_md5)) 
        cursor.execute("SELECT userid FROM users WHERE username=%s", (username,) ) 
        id = cursor.fetchone()
        db.commit()
        cursor.close()
        db.close()
        return id[0]	 
    except:	 
        print 'Username was already taken. Please select another'	 
        return None
 
def authenticate_user(username, passwd):	 
    db = connect_db()	 
    if not db:	 
        print "Can't connect MySQL!"
        return False
 
    cursor = db.cursor()	 
 
    cursor.execute("SELECT pass_salt, pass_md5 FROM users WHERE username=%s", (username,))

    row = cursor.fetchone()
    cursor.close()
    db.close()
    if row is None:     
        return False
    salt = row[0]
    correct_md5 = row[1]
    tried_md5 = hashlib.md5(salt+passwd).hexdigest()
    return correct_md5 == tried_md5
 
def randomValue(length):	 
    	 
    salt_chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'

    return ''.join(random.choice(salt_chars) for x in range(length))
 
if __name__ == '__main__':	 
    user = randomValue(10)
    passwd = randomValue(16)	 
 
    new_user_id = create_user(user, passwd)
    if new_user_id is None:
        print 'Failed to create user %s' % user
        sys.exit(1)
    auth = authenticate_user(user, passwd)	 
    if auth:	 
        print 'User %s authenticated successfully' % user	 
    else:	 
        print 'User %s failed' % user

PHP: function connect_db($database, $db_user, $db_password, $host = 'localhost', $port = NULL, $die = false) {





	if(!$db_handle = @mysql_connect($host.($port ? ':'.$port : ''), $db_user, $db_password)) {
		if($die)
			die("Can't connect to MySQL server:\r\n".mysql_error());
		else
			return false;
	}
	if(!@mysql_select_db($database, $db_handle)) {
		if($die)
			die("Can't select database '$database':\r\n".mysql_error());
		else
			return false;
	}
	return $db_handle;
}

function create_user($username, $password, $db_handle) {


	if(strlen($username) > 32)
		return false;

	$salt = '';
	do {
		$salt .= chr(mt_rand(32, 254));
	} while(strlen($salt) < 16);

	$pass_md5 = md5($salt.$password);

	$username = mysql_real_escape_string($username);
	$salt = mysql_real_escape_string($salt);

	if(!@mysql_query("INSERT INTO users (username,pass_salt,pass_md5) VALUES('$username','$salt','$pass_md5')", $db_handle))
		return false;

	return mysql_insert_id($db_handle);
}

function authenticate_user($username, $password, $db_handle) {



	$safe_username = mysql_real_escape_string($username);

	if(!$result = @mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='$safe_username'", $db_handle))
		return false;

	$row = @mysql_fetch_assoc($result);

	if(md5($row['pass_salt'].$password) != $row['pass_md5'])
		return false;

	return $row['userid'];
}