PASSWORD_DEFAULT

Constant • Constant value changed in 7.4

PASSWORD_DEFAULT is one of the accepted parameters for:

PASSWORD_DEFAULT — The default algorithm to use for hashing if no algorithm is provided. This may change in newer PHP releases when newer, stronger hashing algorithms are supported.

PHP 5.3-5.4
PHP 5.5
Added
PHP 5.6
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
PHP 8.1-8.2
PHP 8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6 
PASSWORD_DEFAULT = "2y";

Changes to the PASSWORD_DEFAULT Constant

PHP 7.4

  • Constant value changed from 1 to 2y

PHP 5.5

  • Constant added

PASSWORD_DEFAULT Constant Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Future Release Yes
PHP 8.5Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.4Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.3Supported Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported No
PHP 5.3Unsupported No