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How can I store my users’ passwords safely?

The easiest way to get your password storage scheme secure is by using a standard library. Because security tends to be a lot more complicated and with more invisible screw up possibilities than most programmers could tackle alone, using a standard library is almost always easiest and most secure (if not the only) available option. … Read more

How to use PHP’s password_hash to hash and verify passwords

Using password_hash is the recommended way to store passwords. Don’t separate them to DB and files. Let’s say we have the following input: $password = $_POST[‘password’]; You first hash the password by doing this: $hashed_password = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT); Then see the output: var_dump($hashed_password); As you can see it’s hashed. (I assume you did those steps). … Read more