sodium_crypto_pwhash_str_verify

PHP 7 >= 7.2.0, PHP 8
sodium_crypto_pwhash_str_verify - Verifies that a password matches a hash
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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_verify 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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Function sodium_crypto_pwhash_str_verify:

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