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08-06-2009, 03:43 PM

[eluser]trevor2[/eluser]
What is the preferred way to create a random salt? I looked at the php.net site and there are hundred different viewpoints all claiming supremacy.

For the moment I'm using considering the username as a salt, which is not random, but it is unique.

Code:
&lt;?php 

    $password = $_POST['password'];

    $salt = $_POST['username'];

    function saltshaker($salt, $password)

        {    

            $salt = "";

            $password = "";

            $hash = sha1($salt.$password);

            return $hash;

        }

?&gt;