Secure Password Hashing in PHP

 Secure Password Hashing in PHP

Password hashing is an important security feature in web applications. PHP provides built-in functions to securely hash passwords.

Example:

php

// create a password hash

$password = "mypassword";

$hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);

// verify a password hash

if (password_verify($password, $hash)) {

    echo "Password is correct";

}