[Mediawiki-l] How to change a user password external script

Hi,

I have tried to change the user_password value for a user_name value of a particular user using PHP md5("password_value") function. But, it does not work.

I have also tried to use a 2-step process:

1: $p = md5( $password); 2: return md5( "{$userid}-{$p}" ); # to get the hashed password

The hashed password value does not match with the value in MySql user table.

The value of $password = "123qweA" and the user.user_password table value is fce34f65fd0acb4c716bc2305e47f7c2

While the value I derive using above 1 and 2 lines is 8021331ef9a813b4713630fb1c3ca0fc using $userid = "pvarma"

What should I do to change a user's password outside the MediaWiki web interface please?

Thank you,

Piyush