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JUserHelper::getCryptedPassword

Description

Formats a password using the current encryption.

Synopsis

public static JUserHelper::getCryptedPassword ($plaintext, $salt= '', $encryption= 'md5-hex', $show_encrypt=false)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$plaintext	string		The plaintext password to encrypt.
$salt	string		The salt to use to encrypt the password. [] If not present, a new salt will be generated.
$encryption	string	'md5-hex'	The kind of pasword encryption to use. Defaults to md5-hex.
$show_encrypt	boolean	false	Some password systems prepend the kind of encryption to the crypted password ({SHA}, etc). Defaults to false.

Returns

string The encrypted password.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/user/helper.php

Referenced by

• JUser::bind

See also

• JUserHelper
• Other versions of this method

Examples

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