/**
* Formats a password using the current encryption.
*
* @param string $plaintext The plaintext password to encrypt.
* @param string $salt The salt to use to encrypt the password. []
* If not present, a new salt will be
* generated.
* @param string $encryption The kind of password encryption to use.
* Defaults to md5-hex.
* @param boolean $show_encrypt Some password systems prepend the kind of
* encryption to the crypted password ({SHA},
* etc). Defaults to false.
*
* @return string The encrypted password.
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public static function getCryptedPassword($plaintext, $salt = '', $encryption = 'md5-hex', $show_encrypt = false)
{
// Get the salt to use.
$salt = UserHelper::getSalt($encryption, $salt, $plaintext);
// Encrypt the password.
switch ($encryption) {
case 'md5-hex':
default:
$encrypted = $salt ? md5($plaintext . $salt) : md5($plaintext);
return $show_encrypt ? '{MD5}' . $encrypted : $encrypted;
}
}
