Method __builtin.Nettle.Hash()->crypt_php()

Method crypt_php

string(7bit) crypt_php(string(8bit) password, string(7bit) salt, int(0..)|void rounds)

Description

Password hashing PHP Portable Hash-style.

Parameter password

Password to hash.

Parameter salt

7 bit string of length 8 or 9. The first character may encode the exponent for the number of rounds if rounds is 0.

Parameter rounds

Number of rounds. Defaults to taking the value from the salt if the salt has length 9, otherwise defaults to 1<<19.

This algorithm used with Crypto.MD5 is the one used for PHP Portable Hashes (aka "$P$" and "$H$").

Used with Crypto.SHA1 it should be compatible with hashes from Escher CMS (aka "$Q$").

Used with Crypto.SHA512 it should be compatible with hashes from Drupal (aka "$S$").

See also

crypt_hash(), Crypto.Password