Removing something from start of text

[RaythMistwalker]

Ok i have just installed anope irc services on my irc network and they use MySQL databases.

 

Through this, I can use the same info/passwords to link user/website accs.

 

However it stores passwords as md5:someHashHere

 

How would i get a php script to remove the md5: from the start, or would it just be easier checking against md5:$md5(enteredpassword)?

[AbraCadaver]

You could do:

 

substr($password, 4);

Or do the check adding the md5: as you've shown.