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Can a "plain" php application use a laravel user table for authentication?

Currently I have a Laravel application with authentication. I'm wondering if I could have another PHP application (framework independent) that uses the same user table for authentication. I don't want to use Laravel again because it would be a over engineering.

My main concern is how the hashing of the password is done in Laravel. Can I configure the plain PHP application to hash passwords the same way? If so, how can I do this?

Solution

  • Laravel uses password_hash() to create a password hash (see the make() method source code):

    password_hash('somePassword555', PASSWORD_BCRYPT);

    And password_verify() to check password hash (see the check() method source code):

    password_verify('somePassword555', $hashedPasswordFromDB);