utils/password questions

[xtrasmal]

I have used the password_hash function, so that passwords get stored as a hash.
in the util/password.php there are a couple of interesting things which I might want to use.

the function takes a couple of parameters:

password_hash($password, $algo, $options);

As an option, there is salt. At the bottom there is a function that should create them:

 __password_make_salt($length);

How is this intended to be used?

[jasonhinkle]

this file is basically just a compatibility file that provides password hashing that will be available in php 5.5 using bcrypt for strong hasing.

you don't have to worry about specifying a salt - the library takes care of that for you.