Bcrypt with Laravel

Introduction

Bcrypt is a password-hashing function which is designed to be slow and resistant to brute-force attacks. It is one of the recommended ways to securely store user's password. Laravel comes with Bcrypt algorithm built-in and it's very easy to use.

How to use Bcrypt with Laravel

In Laravel, we can use Bcrypt to hash passwords with the Hash facade. The Hash facade provides a simple interface for securely hashing and checking passwords.

To hash a password, we can use the make method like this:

$password = 'secret';
$hashedPassword = Hash::make($password);

The make method will return a string which contains the hashed password. We can store this hashed password in the database.

To check if a password matches the hashed password, we can use the check method like this:

$password = 'secret';
$hashedPassword = '$2y$10$Jk8WiVzhNnnrtuE7bIylY.9/7psKjgLaZ3Eeqf1Gm5K5w5JIR19yC';

if (Hash::check($password, $hashedPassword)) {
    echo 'Password is correct';
} else {
    echo 'Password is incorrect';
}

The check method will return a boolean which indicates whether the password matches the hashed password.

Conclusion

Bcrypt with Laravel makes it easy to securely hash and check passwords. It's important to use strong password hashing algorithms like Bcrypt to store user's passwords.