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How to securely store passwords in PHP?

Posted on January 30, 2026, 8:06 am • 714 Views

Posted on January 30, 2026, 8:06 am

I inherited this legacy codebase using MD5 and I am trying to update it to modern standards. What is the recommended approach?

Replied on January 31, 2026, 7:25 am

Never use MD5 or SHA1 for passwords. Use PHP's built-in `password_hash()` with the default algorithm (currently bcrypt) and `password_verify()` for login authentication.

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