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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 3.11.x will end 14 Nov 2022 (12 months plus 6 months extension).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 3.11.x will end 13 Nov 2023 (18 months plus 12 months extension).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.3.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 3.10. PHP 7.4.x is supported too.

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Defines 1 class

PasswordHasher:: (3 methods):
  getAlgorithm()
  defaultHashPassword()
  hashPassword()


Class: PasswordHasher  - X-Ref

getAlgorithm(string $algorithmName)   X-Ref
Get algorithm name for PHP.


defaultHashPassword(string $pPassword)   X-Ref
Create a password hash from a given string.

This method is based on the algorithm provided by
Daniel Rentz of OpenOffice and the PEAR package
Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer by Xavier Noguer <xnoguer@rezebra.com>.

param: string $pPassword Password to hash

hashPassword(string $password, string $algorithm = '', string $salt = '', int $spinCount = 10000)   X-Ref
Create a password hash from a given string by a specific algorithm.

2.4.2.4 ISO Write Protection Method

param: string $password Password to hash
param: string $algorithm Hash algorithm used to compute the password hash value
param: string $salt Pseudorandom string
param: int $spinCount Number of times to iterate on a hash of a password
return: string Hashed password