Class DefaultPasswordHasher

Default password hashing class.

Namespace: Cake\Auth

Properties summary

  • $_config protected
    array

    Runtime config

  • bool

    Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults

  • $_defaultConfig protected
    array

    Default config for this object.

Method Summary

  • __construct() public

    Constructor

  • _configDelete() protected

    Deletes a single config key.

  • _configRead() protected

    Reads a config key.

  • _configWrite() protected

    Writes a config key.

  • check() public

    Check hash. Generate hash for user provided password and check against existing hash.

  • config() public

    Gets/Sets the config.

  • configShallow() public

    Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

  • getConfig() public

    Returns the config.

  • getConfigOrFail() public

    Returns the config for this specific key.

  • hash() public

    Generates password hash.

  • needsRehash() public

    Returns true if the password need to be rehashed, due to the password being created with anything else than the passwords generated by this class.

  • setConfig() public

    Sets the config.

Method Detail

__construct() public

__construct(array $config)

Constructor

Parameters

array $config optional

Array of config.

_configDelete() protected

_configDelete(mixed $key)

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key

Key to delete.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

_configRead() protected

_configRead(mixed $key)

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key

Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite() protected

_configWrite(mixed $key, mixed $value, mixed $merge)

Writes a config key.

Parameters

string|array $key

Key to write to.

mixed $value

Value to write.

bool|string $merge optional

True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

check() public

check(mixed $password, mixed $hashedPassword)

Check hash. Generate hash for user provided password and check against existing hash.

Parameters

string $password

Plain text password to hash.

string $hashedPassword

Existing hashed password.

Returns

bool

True if hashes match else false.

config() public

config(mixed $key, mixed $value, mixed $merge)

Gets/Sets the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->config();

Reading a specific value:

$this->config('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key');

Setting a specific value:

$this->config('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->config(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array|null $key optional

The key to get/set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional

The value to set.

bool $merge optional

Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

mixed

Config value being read, or the object itself on write operations.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

configShallow() public

configShallow(mixed $key, mixed $value)

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

Setting a specific value:

$this->configShallow('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->configShallow('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->configShallow(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional

The value to set.

Returns

$this

getConfig() public

getConfig(mixed $key, mixed $default)

Returns the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->getConfig();

Reading a specific value:

$this->getConfig('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->getConfig('some.nested.key');

Reading with default value:

$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');

Parameters

string|null $key optional

The key to get or null for the whole config.

mixed|null $default optional

The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed|null

Configuration data at the named key or null if the key does not exist.

getConfigOrFail() public

getConfigOrFail(mixed $key)

Returns the config for this specific key.

The config value for this key must exist, it can never be null.

Parameters

string|null $key

The key to get.

Returns

mixed

Configuration data at the named key

Throws

InvalidArgumentException

hash() public

hash(mixed $password)

Generates password hash.

Parameters

string $password

Plain text password to hash.

Returns

string|false

Password hash or false on failure

Links

needsRehash() public

needsRehash(mixed $password)

Returns true if the password need to be rehashed, due to the password being created with anything else than the passwords generated by this class.

Parameters

string $password

The password to verify

Returns

bool

setConfig() public

setConfig(mixed $key, mixed $value, mixed $merge)

Sets the config.

Usage

Setting a specific value:

$this->setConfig('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->setConfig('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional

The value to set.

bool $merge optional

Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

$this

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

Property Detail

$_config protected

Runtime config

Type

array

$_configInitialized protected

Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults

Type

bool

$_defaultConfig protected

Default config for this object.

Options

  • hashType - Hashing algo to use. Valid values are those supported by $algo argument of password_hash(). Defaults to PASSWORD_DEFAULT
  • hashOptions - Associative array of options. Check the PHP manual for supported options for each hash type. Defaults to empty array.

Type

array

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