Doc #76716 [Opn->Csd]: PASSWORD_ARGON2I not always being available not documented.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76716&edit=1 ID: 76716 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: phpdoc at mail dot my1 dot info Summary: PASSWORD_ARGON2I not always being available not documented. -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: - PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-07 21:36:08] cmb@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=345440 Log: Fix #76716: PASSWORD_ARGON2I not always being available not documented ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-08-07 12:58:54] phpdoc at mail dot my1 dot info Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.password-hash --- According to the relevant RFC at [1] Argon2i via password_hash() is not only optional but needs extra work for inclusion into the respective PHP installation unless one uses a precompiled build with everything inside (e.g. PHP's official Windows builds), this leads to it being unavailable at some webhosters which, while not being really great, leads to a whole different problem. one cannot expect Argon2i to be available just because PHP is 7.2 (and Argon2id on 7.3 respectively), meaning users need to know that the PHP Version is NOT the correct way to judge Argon2 availability, and that they will need to check for it even if the PHP is new enough, and either fail gracefully or at least fall back to default. [1] https://wiki.php.net/rfc/argon2_password_hash ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76716&edit=1