Do not use $hash with passwords - 09/06/04 02:52 PM
If you want to store passwords as hashes, use $md5 instead of $hash.
If you store a password as a hash with $hash(password, 32), anyone can produce the same result with a one to five character, very-easy-to-calculate replacement. $md5 makes it much more difficult to calculate a replacement.
If you store a password as a hash with $hash(password, 32), anyone can produce the same result with a one to five character, very-easy-to-calculate replacement. $md5 makes it much more difficult to calculate a replacement.