sodium_crypto_pwhash_str_verify

(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0)

sodium_crypto_pwhash_str_verify — Verifies that a password matches a hash

Description

sodium_crypto_pwhash_str_verify ( string $hash , string $password ) : bool

Checks that a password hash created using sodium_crypto_pwhash_str() matches a given plain-text password. Note that the parameters are in the opposite order to the same parameters in the similar password_hash() function.

Parameters

hash

A hash created by password_hash().

password

The user's password.

Return Values

Returns TRUE if the password and hash match, or FALSE otherwise.

Notes

Note:

Hashes are calculated using the Argon2ID algorithm, providing resistance to both GPU and side-channel attacks.

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