password_verify

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Verifies that a password matches a hash.

PHP 5.3-5.4
PHP 5.5
Added
PHP 5.6
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2
PHP 8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5

password_verify Function synopsis

password_verify(string $password, string $hash): bool

Parameters

$password

Typestring

The user's password.

$hash

Typestring

A hash created by password_hash.

Return value

Typebool

Returns true if the password and hash match, or false otherwise.

Changes to the password_verify Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: bool
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($password): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($hash): string
- password_verify($password, $hash)
+ password_verify(string $password, string $hash): bool

PHP 5.5

  • Function added

password_verify Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.5Future Release Yes
PHP 8.4Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.3Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.2Supported 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