Which PHP function should be used to hash a user password?
- A md5()
- B sha1()
- C password_hash()
- D crc32()
Answer
password_hash()
password_hash uses bcrypt or argon2 with automatic salting. Fast digests like MD5 and SHA1 are trivially brute-forced.
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password_hash()
password_hash uses bcrypt or argon2 with automatic salting. Fast digests like MD5 and SHA1 are trivially brute-forced.
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