Zastanawiam się, czy ta funkcja (która pochodzi częściowo z ~ 2-letniej wersji phpBB) jest wystarczająco dobra.

Jeśli nie, dlaczego?
A jak byś to zmienił (czyniąc przejście płynnym dla obecnych użytkowników)?

Wynik działania hash_pwd () zostanie zapisany w bazie danych.

function hash_pwd($password)
{
    $itoa64 = './0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';

    $random_state = $this->unique_id();
    $random = '';
    $count = 6;

    if (($fh = @fopen('/dev/urandom', 'rb')))
    {
        $random = fread($fh, $count);
        fclose($fh);
    }

    if (strlen($random) < $count)
    {
        $random = '';

        for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i += 16)
        {
            $random_state = md5($this->unique_id() . $random_state);
            $random .= pack('H*', md5($random_state));
        }
        $random = substr($random, 0, $count);
    }

    $hash = $this->_hash_crypt_private($password, $this->_hash_gensalt_private($random, $itoa64), $itoa64);

    if (strlen($hash) == 34)
    {
        return $hash;
    }

    return false;
}


function unique_id()
{
    $val = microtime();
    $val = md5($val);

    return substr($val, 4, 16);
}

function _hash_crypt_private($password, $setting, &$itoa64)
{
    $output = '*';

    // Check for correct hash
    if (substr($setting, 0, 3) != '$H)
    {
        return $output;
    }

    $count_log2 = strpos($itoa64, $setting[3]);

    if ($count_log2 < 7 || $count_log2 > 30)
    {
        return $output;
    }

    $count = 1 << $count_log2;
    $salt = substr($setting, 4, 8);

    if (strlen($salt) != 8)
    {
        return $output;
    }

    /**
    * We're kind of forced to use MD5 here since it's the only
    * cryptographic primitive available in all versions of PHP
    * currently in use.  To implement our own low-level crypto
    * in PHP would result in much worse performance and
    * consequently in lower iteration counts and hashes that are
    * quicker to crack (by non-PHP code).
    */
    if (PHP_VERSION >= 5)
    {
        $hash = md5($salt . $password, true);
        do
        {
            $hash = md5($hash . $password, true);
        }
        while (--$count);
    }
    else
    {
        $hash = pack('H*', md5($salt . $password));
        do
        {
            $hash = pack('H*', md5($hash . $password));
        }
        while (--$count);
    }

    $output = substr($setting, 0, 12);
    $output .= $this->_hash_encode64($hash, 16, $itoa64);

    return $output;
}

function _hash_gensalt_private($input, &$itoa64, $iteration_count_log2 = 6)
{
    if ($iteration_count_log2 < 4 || $iteration_count_log2 > 31)
    {
        $iteration_count_log2 = 8;
    }

    $output = '$H;
    $output .= $itoa64[min($iteration_count_log2 + ((PHP_VERSION >= 5) ? 5 : 3), 30)];
    $output .= $this->_hash_encode64($input, 6, $itoa64);

    return $output;
}

function _hash_encode64($input, $count, &$itoa64)
{
    $output = '';
    $i = 0;

    do
    {
        $value = ord($input[$i++]);
        $output .= $itoa64[$value & 0x3f];

        if ($i < $count)
        {
            $value |= ord($input[$i]) << 8;
        }

        $output .= $itoa64[($value >> 6) & 0x3f];

        if ($i++ >= $count)
        {
            break;
        }

        if ($i < $count)
        {
            $value |= ord($input[$i]) << 16;
        }

        $output .= $itoa64[($value >> 12) & 0x3f];

        if ($i++ >= $count)
        {
            break;
        }

        $output .= $itoa64[($value >> 18) & 0x3f];
    }
    while ($i < $count);

    return $output;
}