Why Hash Your Passwords

For security reason, you should always hash your passwords. In the event of if your system gets hacked. Hackers can easily access your user's info like credit card and other personal data.

Standard Hash

Most web developers just hash their passwords like this:

$data = "codewithmark";

//Method 1

md5($data);

//Method 2

hash('md5',$data);

//Output will be

72b55f9842f425f4b141725367d211da

More Password Hashing Options

Below is a table that contains all the different hash options in php

Hash Name	Characters In Length
md2	32
md4	32
md5	32
sha1	40
sha224	56
sha256	64
sha384	96
sha512	128
ripemd128	32
ripemd160	40
ripemd256	64
ripemd320	80
whirlpool	128
tiger128,3	32
tiger160,3	40
tiger192,3	48
tiger128,4	32
tiger160,4	40
tiger192,4	48
snefru	64
snefru256	64
gost	64
gost-crypto	64
adler32	8
crc32	8
crc32b	8
fnv132	8
fnv1a32	8
fnv164	16
fnv1a64	16
joaat	8
haval128,3	32
haval160,3	40
haval192,3	48
haval224,3	56
haval256,3	64
haval128,4	32
haval160,4	40
haval192,4	48
haval224,4	56
haval256,4	64
haval128,5	32
haval160,5	40
haval192,5	48
haval224,5	56
haval256,5	64

How To Hash

You can easily hash your password from the above table like this

//Syntax

hash(HashName, $data);

$data = 'codewithmark';

//Option 1

hash('sha512',$data);

//Option 2

hash('tiger128,3',$data);

//Option 3

hash('haval128,3',$data);