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Asked: 2026-06-08T02:12:42+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Best way to encode passwords in PHP I’ve been reading a lot

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Best way to encode passwords in PHP

I’ve been reading a lot of things about password and email hashing and I am not quiet sure I figure out what is the best method. It’s clear that md5 and SHA are outdated and pretty useless but when it comes to all the crypt’s, mcrypt_encrypt, hash(), etc.:

  • which one is an effective way of secure PASSWORDS AND EMAILS nowadays?;(maybe A BEST way?)
  • can I use the same method for both?;

Really appreciated if someone could give me some advise.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Have a look at this blog. It as good information about password hashing.

    http://blog.ircmaxell.com/search/label/Password-Hashing

    The author also has a password hashing library, which only uses quality, vetted algorithms.

    That note aside, you should use bcrypt, or PBKDF2 for password hashing.

    As for email encryption, PGP/GPG is your best bet for cross compatible/supported email encryption.

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