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Asked: 2026-06-06T18:04:37+00:00

If I make the following call in PHP it will use my password and

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If I make the following call in PHP it will use my password and salt to hash it a number of times with sha512:

echo crypt('password', '$6$rounds=1000$salt');

However, I wonder how this process really works. Is it something like this?:

$hash = hash('sha512', 'password' . 'salt');
for ($i = 1; $i < 1000; $i++) {
    $hash = hash('sha512', $hash);
}
echo base64_encode($hash);

Or is it a really complex process?

The reason I’m asking is because I would like a cryptographic hashing system that is easy to implement in other languages.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you’re looking for a strong password hashing algorithm to implement across different languages, use bcrypt. There are libs for Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, obj-C, Python, Perl, etc.

    If this is for a login form, a good idea is to use a JavaScript bcrypt lib, and have the hash transmitted to the server. This allows the work factor to be reasonably large without overloading your server or introducing a DoS vulnerability.

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