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PHP secure password with password_hash() and verify with password_verify()

In this article, you will learn how to generate a hashed password using PHP password_hash() and store it in the database, and how to and retrieve the password from the database and verify the user password in a secure way using the PHP password_verify() method. Password storage is a very crucial part. If a hacker was able to break into the database and steal the password table, the attacker could then access every client account.





In older articles, we used MD5 and SH1 hashing to store passwords. These methods are old and not very secure as they can be easily cracked. In the latest versions of PHP, there is no need to encrypt or decrypt a password or use your own hashing algorithm. So in this article, we have used the password hashing techniques that were introduced in PHP >= 5.5.





PHP password_hash()

The password_hash() method of PHP creates a new password hash using a one-way strong hashing algorithm. It randomly generates salt while hashing passwords. So, there is no need to create and store salt in a separate column. It is the easiest and most secure approach.

Syntax

password_hash($password, $algorithm, $options)

Parameters

$password- The password entered by the user.
$algorithm- This is the hashing algorithm. These are the following current hashing algorithm -

  • PASSWORD_DEFAULT- This is the default hashing algorithm introduced in PHP 5.5. It returns the password hash of more than 60 characters.
    password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT)


  • PASSWORD_BCRYPT- It is used to create a password hash using CRYPT_BLOWFISH algorithm. It returns 60 characters password hash identified with '$2y$'.
    password_hash($password, PASSWORD_BCRYPT)

    The third parameter of password_hash() contains an optional parameter which is an associative array. The supported options of PASSWORD_BCRYPT are salt and cost.

    Salt - We can provide manual salts.
    Cost- Maximum algorithmic cost to be applied, the default value is 10.

    $options = array(
        'salt' => mcrypt_create_iv(22, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM),
        'cost' => 12,
      );
    $password_hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_BCRYPT, $options);
    


  • PASSWORD_ARGON2I- It was introduced in PHP 7.2 and provides security against side channel attacks. We can use this algorithm only if PHP has been compiled with Argon2. Argon2 is a winner of the Password Hashing Competition in July 2015.
    password_hash($password, PASSWORD_ARGON2I)





    The third parameter of password_hash() contains an optional parameter which is an associative array. The supported options of PASSWORD_ARGON2I are memory_cost, time_cost, and threads.

    Memory Cost - Maximum memory cost to be applied to generate the hash.
    Time Cost - Maximum time to be taken to calculate the hash.
    Threads - Number of threads to be used.

    $options = [
        'memory_cost' => 2048
        'time_cost'   => 4,
        'threads'     => 3,
    ];
    $password_hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_ARGON2I, $options);


  • PASSWORD_ARGON2ID - It is introduced in PHP 7.3. We can use this algorithm only if PHP has been compiled with Argon2.
    password_hash($password, PASSWORD_ARGON2ID)

    The supported options of PASSWORD_ARGON2ID are memory_cost, time_cost and threads.
    $options = [
        'memory_cost' => 2048
        'time_cost'   => 4,
        'threads'     => 3,
    ];
    password_hash($password, PASSWORD_ARGON2ID, $options)




PHP store password in the database

When the user registers or signs up in your application, you can hash the entered password with one of the above password_hash() functions and store the hashed password in the database.

Here, we have used the PASSWORD_BCRYPT hashing algorithm to hash the password and then use the mysqli database connection code to connect to the database and insert the query into the 'users' table. Please make sure to replace the database credentials with yours.

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
$conn = new mysqli('hostname', 'username', 'password', 'databasename');
//Check for connection error
if($conn->connect_error){
  die("Error in DB connection: ".$conn->connect_errno." : ".$conn->connect_error);    
}
$insert = "INSERT INTO `users` (`uid`, `username`, `password`) VALUES
          (NULL, $username, $hash)";
if($conn->query($insert)){
 echo 'Data inserted successfully';
}
else{
 echo 'Error '.$conn->error;  
}




PHP password_verify()

PHP provides the password_verify() function to match the given password with its hash.

Syntax

password_verify($password, $hash)

Parameters

$password - This is the user's password entered at login.
$hash - The password hash created using password_hash().



Match the user's password with hash password

When a user attempts to login in your application, we use the password_verify() function to compare the provided password to the hash password value stored in the database.

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$conn = new mysqli('hostname', 'username', 'password', 'databasename');
if($conn->connect_error){
  die("Error in DB connection: ".$conn->connect_errno." : ".$conn->connect_error);    
}
$select = "SELECT password FROM `users` WHERE username = '$username'";
$result = $conn->query($select);
while($row = $result->fetch_object()){
  $hash = $row->password;
}
if(password_verify($password, $hash)) {
 print "Login succeeds";
} else {
 print "Login fails.";
}

In the above code, we have written the SELECT query to fetch the stored hash password of the provided username and matched with the user's entered password using the password_verify() function. This function returns TRUE if both are the same, otherwise it returns FALSE.





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