Snippet of the Day

[Baraka]

    public function saltGenerator($limitChars=8) {
        $symb = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890!@#$%^&*()-=_+[]{}\\|;:'\",./<>?~`";//letters,numbers,& symbols
        $saltv = '';
        for ($i = 0; $i < $limitChars; $i++)
            $saltv .= $symb[rand(0, strlen($symb) - 1)];
        return $saltv;
    } 

well this is pretty small but its a mini function to generate salt hash value(s) to make secure when inserted in the database for either when a user registers or w/e which then when you want use of the function for making the pass-hash you can do something like this:

$saltv = $saltv ?: $this->saltGenerator();
$phash = md5(md5($saltv) . md5($pass));
$sql->password = $phash;
$sql->salt = $saltv; 

This is really something that can be used in a class to make things easier. Did this off the top of my head so if there is room for improvement let me know