PasswordHash

This template is no longer in use as it results in poor readability. This function creates a new password hash using a specified hashing algorithm.

Syntax

string passwordHash ( string password, string algorithm [, table options = {} ] )  

Required Arguments

• password: The password to hash.
• algorithm: The algorithm to use:
  • bcrypt: use the bcrypt hashing algorithm

Optional Arguments

• options: table with options for the hashing algorithm, as detailed below

Options for each hashing algorithm

• bcrypt:
  • cost (int), default: 10
  • salt (string), default: automatically generate salt
    • an empty string will automatically generate a salt with the cost provided
    • if a string is provided, the given salt is used (do not do this!)

Returns

Returns the hash as a string if hashing was successful, false otherwise.

Example

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