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Class FallbackPasswordHasher

A password hasher that can use multiple different hashes where only one is the preferred one. This is useful when trying to migrate an existing database of users from one password type to another.

Namespace: Cake\Auth

Property Summary

  • $_config protected
    array<string, mixed>

    Runtime config

  • bool

    Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults

  • $_defaultConfig protected
    array<string, mixed>

    Default config for this object.

  • $_hashers protected
    arrayCake\Auth\AbstractPasswordHasher>

    Holds the list of password hasher objects that will be used

Method Summary

  • __construct() public

    Constructor

  • _configDelete() protected

    Deletes a single config key.

  • _configRead() protected

    Reads a config key.

  • _configWrite() protected

    Writes a config key.

  • check() public

    Verifies that the provided password corresponds to its hashed version

  • configShallow() public

    Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

  • getConfig() public

    Returns the config.

  • getConfigOrFail() public

    Returns the config for this specific key.

  • hash() public

    Generates password hash.

  • needsRehash() public

    Returns true if the password need to be rehashed, with the first hasher present in the list of hashers

  • setConfig() public

    Sets the config.

Method Detail

__construct() public

__construct(array<string, mixed> $config = [])

Constructor

Parameters

array<string, mixed> $config optional

configuration options for this object. Requires the hashers key to be present in the array with a list of other hashers to be used.

_configDelete() protected

_configDelete(string $key): void

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key

Key to delete.

Returns

void

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException
if attempting to clobber existing config

_configRead() protected

_configRead(string|null $key): mixed

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key

Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite() protected

_configWrite(array<string, mixed>|string $key, mixed $value, string|bool $merge = false): void

Writes a config key.

Parameters

array<string, mixed>|string $key

Key to write to.

mixed $value

Value to write.

string|bool $merge optional

True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.

Returns

void

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException
if attempting to clobber existing config

check() public

check(string $password, string $hashedPassword): bool

Verifies that the provided password corresponds to its hashed version

This will iterate over all configured hashers until one of them returns true.

Parameters

string $password

Plain text password to hash.

string $hashedPassword

Existing hashed password.

Returns

bool

configShallow() public

configShallow(array<string, mixed>|string $key, mixed|null $value = null): $this

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

Setting a specific value:

$this->configShallow('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->configShallow('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->configShallow(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

array<string, mixed>|string $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional

The value to set.

Returns

$this

getConfig() public

getConfig(string|null $key = null, mixed $default = null): mixed

Returns the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->getConfig();

Reading a specific value:

$this->getConfig('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->getConfig('some.nested.key');

Reading with default value:

$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');

Parameters

string|null $key optional

The key to get or null for the whole config.

mixed $default optional

The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed

getConfigOrFail() public

getConfigOrFail(string $key): mixed

Returns the config for this specific key.

The config value for this key must exist, it can never be null.

Parameters

string $key

The key to get.

Returns

mixed

Throws

InvalidArgumentException

hash() public

hash(string $password): string|false

Generates password hash.

Uses the first password hasher in the list to generate the hash

Parameters

string $password

Plain text password to hash.

Returns

string|false

needsRehash() public

needsRehash(string $password): bool

Returns true if the password need to be rehashed, with the first hasher present in the list of hashers

Returns true by default since the only implementation users should rely on is the one provided by default in php 5.5+ or any compatible library

Parameters

string $password

The password to verify

Returns

bool

setConfig() public

setConfig(array<string, mixed>|string $key, mixed|null $value = null, bool $merge = true): $this

Sets the config.

Usage

Setting a specific value:

$this->setConfig('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->setConfig('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

array<string, mixed>|string $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value optional

The value to set.

bool $merge optional

Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

$this

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

Property Detail

$_config protected

Runtime config

Type

array<string, mixed>

$_configInitialized protected

Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults

Type

bool

$_defaultConfig protected

Default config for this object.

These are merged with user-provided config when the object is used.

Type

array<string, mixed>

$_hashers protected

Holds the list of password hasher objects that will be used

Type

arrayCake\Auth\AbstractPasswordHasher>

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