php sha1 function returning wrong value

[eluser]J Maxwell[/eluser]
I couldn't make it work for the life of me - I have no idea why it was hanging like that, but I found an easy and much more secure way around it.

SHA1 is ok, but it is nowhere near as secure as Whirlpool - which gives a 512bit digest and seems to work fine to me. The downside is its a little more CPU heavy, and it needs 128 chars in the database so tables get a bit larger. However, since SHA1 seems to experience collisions in 2^69, and whirlpool is good for 2^120, I figure its a good upgrade.

Code:

$hashed = hash( 'whirlpool', $password.$this->_get_salt() );

John