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</para>
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<para>
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PHP 5.5 provides
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PHP provides
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<link linkend="book.password">a native password hashing API</link> that
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safely handles both <link linkend="function.password-hash">hashing</link>
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and <link linkend="function.password-verify">verifying passwords</link>
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in a secure manner. There is also
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<link xlink:href="&url.password.compat;">a pure PHP compatibility library</link>
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available for PHP 5.3.7 and later.
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in a secure manner.
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</para>
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<!-- TODO Drop mention of crypt? -->
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<para>
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Another option is the <function>crypt</function> function, which
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supports several hashing algorithms in PHP 5.3 and later. When using
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supports several hashing algorithms. When using
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this function, you are guaranteed that the algorithm you select is
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available, as PHP contains native implementations of each supported
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algorithm, in case one or more are not supported by your system.
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