Introduction

The password hashing API provides an easy to use wrapper around crypt() to make it easy to create and manage passwords in a secure manner.

This extension is available since PHP 5.5.0 but there is also an » userland implementation for PHP >= 5.3.7.

User Contributed Notes

no-spam-thanks at com dot Potteries

1 year ago


We have implemented this and just like to say its working well for us.  Would recommend to others for added security due to the one-way encryption.

DB field:  set to varchar(255) - this should help others.

Other general users report it to be 123 chars, but on on some of the PHP documentation is states: 
"255 characters would be a good choice" - I second that. 

PHP developers: GOOD job btw!