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JUserHelper::getSalt

Description

Returns a salt for the appropriate kind of password encryption.

public static function getSalt (
        $encryption= 'md5-hex'
        $seed= ''
        $plaintext= ''
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$encryption		'md5-hex'
$seed
$plaintext

• Returns
• Defined on line 390 of libraries/joomla/user/helper.php
• Referenced by
  • getCryptedPassword

See also

• JUserHelper::getSalt source code on BitBucket
• Class JUserHelper
• Subpackage User
• Other versions of JUserHelper::getSalt