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authorMaster Yoda <jim_parry@bcit.ca>2015-03-07 01:09:48 +0100
committerMaster Yoda <jim_parry@bcit.ca>2015-03-07 01:09:48 +0100
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Merge branch 'develop' of https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter into fix/housekeeping
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@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ with that. Please read below.
provides them for you as long as you're running at least PHP version
5.3.7 (and if you don't meet that requirement - please, upgrade).
+ If you're one of the really unlucky people who can't even upgrade to a
+ more recent PHP version, use `hash_pbkdf() <http://php.net/hash_pbkdf2>`,
+ which we also provide in our compatibility layer.
+
- DO NOT ever display or send a password in plain-text format!
Even to the password's owner, if you need a "Forgotten password"