<?php
/**
* For the VAST majority of use-cases, let password_hash generate the salt randomly for you.
*/
$password = 'idkWhatToUse';
$hashedPassword= password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
?>$password = 'mypassword1';
$passwordHash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);//hash the password
echo password_verify('mypassword1', $passwordHash);//true, Yeah we match
echo password_verify('wrongpassword', $passwordHash); //false ,Ooops wrong password
/* New password. */
$password = $_POST['password'];
/* Remember to validate the password. */
/* Create the new password hash. */
$hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
<?php
/**
* In this case, we want to increase the default cost for BCRYPT to 12.
* Note that we also switched to BCRYPT, which will always be 60 characters.
*/
$options = [
'cost' => 12,
];
echo password_hash("rasmuslerdorf", PASSWORD_BCRYPT, $options);
?>