password* functions before php 5.5.0
There is noway to use password_hash and password_verify and other password* functions natively with php older than 5.5.0 . You can see frustrating indication (PHP 5 >= 5.5.0) in php documentation.
If you are not the admin of php server or you don’t want to upgrade your php server right now, you are like me solved by ircmaxell who codes with contributers one file php library password.php listed bellow. Take last version found here
Simple of use : download password.php and include it in your php page and enjoy
password.php
<?php /** * A Compatibility library with PHP 5.5's simplified password hashing API. * * @author Anthony Ferrara * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html MIT License * @copyright 2012 The Authors */ namespace { if (!defined('PASSWORD_DEFAULT')) { define('PASSWORD_BCRYPT', 1); define('PASSWORD_DEFAULT', PASSWORD_BCRYPT); /** * Hash the password using the specified algorithm * * @param string $password The password to hash * @param int $algo The algorithm to use (Defined by PASSWORD_* constants) * @param array $options The options for the algorithm to use * * @return string|false The hashed password, or false on error. */ function password_hash($password, $algo, array $options = array()) { if (!function_exists('crypt')) { trigger_error("Crypt must be loaded for password_hash to function", E_USER_WARNING); return null; } if (!is_string($password)) { trigger_error("password_hash(): Password must be a string", E_USER_WARNING); return null; } if (!is_int($algo)) { trigger_error("password_hash() expects parameter 2 to be long, " . gettype($algo) . " given", E_USER_WARNING); return null; } $resultLength = 0; switch ($algo) { case PASSWORD_BCRYPT: // Note that this is a C constant, but not exposed to PHP, so we don't define it here. $cost = 10; if (isset($options['cost'])) { $cost = $options['cost']; if ($cost 31) { trigger_error(sprintf("password_hash(): Invalid bcrypt cost parameter specified: %d", $cost), E_USER_WARNING); return null; } } // The length of salt to generate $raw_salt_len = 16; // The length required in the final serialization $required_salt_len = 22; $hash_format = sprintf("$2y$%02d$", $cost); // The expected length of the final crypt() output $resultLength = 60; break; default: trigger_error(sprintf("password_hash(): Unknown password hashing algorithm: %s", $algo), E_USER_WARNING); return null; } $salt_requires_encoding = false; if (isset($options['salt'])) { switch (gettype($options['salt'])) { case 'NULL': case 'boolean': case 'integer': case 'double': case 'string': $salt = (string) $options['salt']; break; case 'object': if (method_exists($options['salt'], '__tostring')) { $salt = (string) $options['salt']; break; } case 'array': case 'resource': default: trigger_error('password_hash(): Non-string salt parameter supplied', E_USER_WARNING); return null; } if (PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($salt) < $required_salt_len) { trigger_error(sprintf("password_hash(): Provided salt is too short: %d expecting %d", PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($salt), $required_salt_len), E_USER_WARNING); return null; } elseif (0 == preg_match('#^[a-zA-Z0-9./]+$#D', $salt)) { $salt_requires_encoding = true; } } else { $buffer = ''; $buffer_valid = false; if (function_exists('mcrypt_create_iv') && !defined('PHALANGER')) { $buffer = mcrypt_create_iv($raw_salt_len, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM); if ($buffer) { $buffer_valid = true; } } if (!$buffer_valid && function_exists('openssl_random_pseudo_bytes')) { $buffer = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes($raw_salt_len); if ($buffer) { $buffer_valid = true; } } if (!$buffer_valid && @is_readable('/dev/urandom')) { $f = fopen('/dev/urandom', 'r'); $read = PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($buffer); while ($read = $raw_salt_len) { $buffer_valid = true; } } if (!$buffer_valid || PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($buffer) < $raw_salt_len) { $bl = PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($buffer); for ($i = 0; $i < $raw_salt_len; $i++) { if ($i 1, * 'algoName' => 'bcrypt', * 'options' => array( * 'cost' => 10, * ), * ) * * @param string $hash The password hash to extract info from * * @return array The array of information about the hash. */ function password_get_info($hash) { $return = array( 'algo' => 0, 'algoName' => 'unknown', 'options' => array(), ); if (PasswordCompatbinary_substr($hash, 0, 4) == '$2y$' && PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($hash) == 60) { $return['algo'] = PASSWORD_BCRYPT; $return['algoName'] = 'bcrypt'; list($cost) = sscanf($hash, "$2y$%d$"); $return['options']['cost'] = $cost; } return $return; } /** * Determine if the password hash needs to be rehashed according to the options provided * * If the answer is true, after validating the password using password_verify, rehash it. * * @param string $hash The hash to test * @param int $algo The algorithm used for new password hashes * @param array $options The options array passed to password_hash * * @return boolean True if the password needs to be rehashed. */ function password_needs_rehash($hash, $algo, array $options = array()) { $info = password_get_info($hash); if ($info['algo'] != $algo) { return true; } switch ($algo) { case PASSWORD_BCRYPT: $cost = isset($options['cost']) ? $options['cost'] : 10; if ($cost != $info['options']['cost']) { return true; } break; } return false; } /** * Verify a password against a hash using a timing attack resistant approach * * @param string $password The password to verify * @param string $hash The hash to verify against * * @return boolean If the password matches the hash */ function password_verify($password, $hash) { if (!function_exists('crypt')) { trigger_error("Crypt must be loaded for password_verify to function", E_USER_WARNING); return false; } $ret = crypt($password, $hash); if (!is_string($ret) || PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($ret) != PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($hash) || PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($ret) <= 13) { return false; } $status = 0; for ($i = 0; $i < PasswordCompatbinary_strlen($ret); $i++) { $status |= (ord($ret[$i]) ^ ord($hash[$i])); } return $status === 0; } } } namespace PasswordCompatbinary { /** * Count the number of bytes in a string * * We cannot simply use strlen() for this, because it might be overwritten by the mbstring extension. * In this case, strlen() will count the number of *characters* based on the internal encoding. A * sequence of bytes might be regarded as a single multibyte character. * * @param string $binary_string The input string * * @internal * @return int The number of bytes */ function _strlen($binary_string) { if (function_exists('mb_strlen')) { return mb_strlen($binary_string, '8bit'); } return strlen($binary_string); } /** * Get a substring based on byte limits * * @see _strlen() * * @param string $binary_string The input string * @param int $start * @param int $length * * @internal * @return string The substring */ function _substr($binary_string, $start, $length) { if (function_exists('mb_substr')) { return mb_substr($binary_string, $start, $length, '8bit'); } return substr($binary_string, $start, $length); } }