Simple question: Do I need to escape a string before hashing it, in other words, let’s say a users password is “SF$@#$@#” do I need to escape that string before hashing it with PHP hash?
The answer is: no.
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Simple question: Do I need to escape a string before hashing it, in other words, let’s say a users password is “SF$@#$@#” do I need to escape that string before hashing it with PHP hash?
The answer is: no.
No, you do not.
There are no characters that are “special” to a hash function – they treat the string as inert data.