phpass returns different results

Question

I just put my project from localhost to my host and using the same (phpass) function I receive different results and the length of the returned string is also different. (and ev

Answer 1

If I'm not mistaken, phpass uses the best method available to it. In this case, it would seem that the modules available on the live host are not the same as those on localhost, and thus phpass has to choose a different method. The "$2a$" indicates bcrypt, and the "$P$" indicates phpass' internal hash. I.e., it appears that the live host doesn't have bcrypt available.