Function is expecting salt length to be EXACTLY SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_SCRYPTSALSA208SHA256_SALTBYTES bytes. It throws error if you provide longer salt string. For example: salt of 64 bytes will throw an error.
(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0, PHP 8)
sodium_crypto_pwhash_scryptsalsa208sha256 — Derives a key from a password, using scrypt
$length,$password,$salt,$opslimit,$memlimitThis is the scrypt counterpart to sodium_crypto_pwhash().
A common reason to use this particular function is to derive the seeds for cryptographic keys from a password and salt, and then use these seeds to generate the actual keys needed for some purpose (e.g. sodium_crypto_sign_detached()).
lengthThe length of the password hash to generate, in bytes.
passwordThe password to generate a hash for.
salt
A salt to add to the password before hashing. The salt should be unpredictable, ideally generated from a good random number source such as random_bytes(), and have a length of at least SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_SCRYPTSALSA208SHA256_SALTBYTES bytes.
opslimit
Represents a maximum amount of computations to perform. Raising this number will make the function require more CPU cycles to compute a key. There are some constants available to set the operations limit to appropriate values depending on intended use, in order of strength: SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_SCRYPTSALSA208SHA256_OPSLIMIT_INTERACTIVE and SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_SCRYPTSALSA208SHA256_OPSLIMIT_SENSITIVE.
memlimit
The maximum amount of RAM that the function will use, in bytes. There are constants to help you choose an appropriate value, in order of size: SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_SCRYPTSALSA208SHA256_MEMLIMIT_INTERACTIVE and SODIUM_CRYPTO_PWHASH_SCRYPTSALSA208SHA256_MEMLIMIT_SENSITIVE. Typically these should be paired with the matching opslimit values.
A string of bytes of the desired length.