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Compatibility with the password_* functions that ship with PHP 5.5

11 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 0 stories, 11 comments · first 2013-03-08 · latest 2023-02-26

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  1. …but surely even if the native functions aren't available, couldn't they use a "polyfill" such as https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat ? I'm sure there are many other issues but frankly the first one should be enough for any…
    comment by Nextgrid · 2023-02-26 · in WordPlate: WordPress on Composer with sensible defaults
  2. …the version number, to maintain the illusion of stability. It really pisses off the PHP community. https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat/issues/90
    comment by CiPHPerCoder · 2017-08-11 · in Critical security updates for Git, Subversion and Mercurial
  3. v5.5 actually, but there is a userland library to provide the same functionality - https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat
    comment by stephenr · 2016-11-13 · in AdultFriendFinder was hacked
  4. …compatibility library which will make the code here run[0], do you have any opinions on it? [0] https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat
    comment by krapp · 2015-04-23 · in Secure User Authentication in PHP
  5. …these versions, and keeping the same version numbers. Leading to some REALLY awkward problems: https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat/issues/10 However, it's a tradeoff. It hurts some, helps others. After all, I'd rather have someone…
    comment by ircmaxell · 2014-12-31 · in PHP Install Statistics
  6. …hasn't really maintained it since then. For PHP Devs, these are the two best options available: * https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat * https://github.com/DomBlack/php-scrypt
    comment by sarciszewski · 2014-12-23 · in Salted Password Hashing – Doing It Right
  7. …hashing methods. The compatibility library to use for PHP <5.5 is Antony Ferrara's password_compat: https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat .
    comment by jamesmoss · 2014-02-23 · in Salted Password Hashing – Doing it Right
  8. There's also a library for PHP >= 5.3.7 that provides the same API if PHP 5.5 isn't an option yet. https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat Written by Anthony Ferrara, the same guy behind the `password_*` API in PHP 5.5
    comment by chrisguitarguy · 2013-06-21 · in Creating and Verifying Hashes in PHP 5.5
  9. If you are using a PHP < 5.5, use this library: https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat
    comment by pmtarantino · 2013-06-21 · in Creating and Verifying Hashes in PHP 5.5
  10. The php 5.5 functions are really nice. Fortunately they can be shimmed into versions 5.3.7+. See: https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat
    comment by jcampbell1 · 2013-04-30 · in PHP Commandments
  11. There is a PHP 5.3.7+ implementation of the password API here: https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat
    comment by jcoby · 2013-03-08 · in PHP 5.5.0 Alpha 6 - Released