null); /** * Generates password hash. * * @param string $password Plain text password to hash. * @return string Password hash * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/authentication.html#hashing-passwords */ public function hash($password) { return Security::hash($password, $this->_config['hashType'], true); } /** * Check hash. Generate hash for user provided password and check against existing hash. * * @param string $password Plain text password to hash. * @param string Existing hashed password. * @return boolean True if hashes match else false. */ public function check($password, $hashedPassword) { return $hashedPassword === $this->hash($password); } }