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openssl_pbkdf2
(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)
openssl_pbkdf2 — Generates a PKCS5 v2 PBKDF2 string
Description
openssl_pbkdf2
( string $password
, string $salt
, int $key_length
, int $iterations
[, string $digest_algorithm
= "sha1"
] ) : string|false
openssl_pbkdf2() computes PBKDF2 (Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2), a key derivation function defined in PKCS5 v2.
Parameters
password
- Password from which the derived key is generated.
salt
- PBKDF2 recommends a crytographic salt of at least 64 bits (8 bytes).
key_length
- Length of desired output key.
iterations
- The number of iterations desired. » NIST recommends at least 10,000.
digest_algorithm
- Optional hash or digest algorithm from openssl_get_md_methods(). Defaults to SHA-1.
Return Values
Returns raw binary string or FALSE
on failure.
Examples
Example #1 openssl_pbkdf2() example
<?php$password = 'yOuR-pAs5w0rd-hERe';$salt = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(12);$keyLength = 40;$iterations = 10000;$generated_key = openssl_pbkdf2($password, $salt, $keyLength, $iterations, 'sha256');echo bin2hex($generated_key)."\n";echo base64_encode($generated_key)."\n";?>
See Also
- hash_pbkdf2() - Generate a PBKDF2 key derivation of a supplied password
- openssl_get_md_methods() - Gets available digest methods