PHP - Hash pbkdf2() Function

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Definition and Usage

The hash_pbkdf2() function returns PBKDF2 key derivation for the given password.

The PBKDF2 stands for Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2. The PBKDF2 key derivation function makes use of pseudorandom function, such as hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) that is applied to the given password or message along with the salt and the process is iterated multiple times to get the key. It is mainly used to hash password and the PBKDF2 key derivation function is designed in such a way that it becomes difficult for the attacker to guess the original password hashed.

Syntax

hash_pbkdf2 ( string $algo , string $password , string $salt , int $iterations [
   , int $length = 0 [, bool $raw_output = FALSE ]
] ) : string

Parameters

Return Values

The hash_pbkdf2() returns a string that has the derived key as lowercase hexits, if raw_output is false and if raw_output is set to TRUE the string will be raw binary representation of the derived key.

PHP Version

This function will work from PHP Version greater than 5.5.0.

Example 1

Using hash_pbkdf2() −

<?php
   $password = "mypassword";
   $iterations = 500;
   $salt = 'testingkey';
   $pbkdf2_hash = hash_pbkdf2("md5", $password, $salt, $iterations, 25);
   echo $pbkdf2_hash;	
?>

Output

This will produce the following result −

cb0130970bb39f6a95d193934

Example 2

Using hash_pbkdf2() with 1000 iterations −

<?php
   $password = "mypassword";
   $iterations = 1000;
   $salt = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(10); //generates pseudo-random string of bytes
   $pbkdf2_hash = hash_pbkdf2("sha256", $password, $salt, $iterations, 10);
   echo $pbkdf2_hash;
?>

Output

This will produce the following result −

0c31d20aa2

Example 3

Using hash_pbkdf2() with raw_output as true −

<?php
   $password = "mypassword";
   $iterations = 1000;
   $salt = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(10); //generates pseudo-random string of bytes
   $pbkdf2_hash = hash_pbkdf2("sha256", $password, $salt, $iterations, 10, true);
   echo $pbkdf2_hash;
?>

Example 4

Using hash_pbkdf2() with raw_output as true −

In the example will make use of base64_encode() PHP function that will convert the raw binary output from hash_pbkdf2() into a reabable string.

<?php
   echo base64_encode(
      hash_pbkdf2("sha256", 'passwordtest', openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(10), 5000, 10, true)
   );
?>

Output

This will produce the following result −

2FogGKtZxmt4iQ==