// To hash the password, use
password_hash("MySuperSafePassword!", PASSWORD_DEFAULT)
// To compare hash with plain text, use
password_verify("MySuperSafePassword!", $hashed_password)

//hash password
$pass = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
//verify password
password_verify($password, $hashed_password); // returns true

/* User's password. */
$password = 'my secret password';
/* Secure password hash. */
$hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);

//hash password
$hashed_password = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
//verify password
password_verify($password, $hashed_password); // returns true

<?php
/** * For the VAST majority of use-cases, let password_hash generate the salt randomly for you. */
$password = 'idkWhatToUse';
$hashedPassword= password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
?>

$password = 'test123';
/*	Always use salt for security reasons. I'm using the BCRYPT algorithm use any valid one you like.
*/
$options['salt'] = 'usesomesillystringforsalt';
$options['cost'] = 3;
echo password_hash($password, PASSWORD_BCRYPT, $options)

<?php
/**
 * In this case, we want to increase the default cost for BCRYPT to 12.
 * Note that we also switched to BCRYPT, which will always be 60 characters.
 */
$options = [
    'cost' => 12,
];
echo password_hash("rasmuslerdorf", PASSWORD_BCRYPT, $options);
?>

<?php
echo hash('ripemd160', 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.');
?>

<?php
/**
 * We just want to hash our password using the current DEFAULT algorithm.
 * This is presently BCRYPT, and will produce a 60 character result.
 *
 * Beware that DEFAULT may change over time, so you would want to prepare
 * By allowing your storage to expand past 60 characters (255 would be good)
 */
echo password_hash("rasmuslerdorf", PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
?>

/* New password. */
$password = $_POST['password'];
/* Remember to validate the password. */
/* Create the new password hash. */
$hash = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);