<?php

use Laminas\Crypt\Password\Bcrypt;
use Laminas\Math\Rand;

$crypt = new Bcrypt([
    // "salt" and "setSalt" support is deprecated for PHP 7
    'cost' => 10,
]);
$str = 'Budgies';
// salt will be generated internally
$hash = $crypt->create($str);
$isValid = $crypt->verify($str, $hash);

dump($hash, $isValid);


^ "$2y$10$2gaJecgfspj4mf1SYLdEHuBaXE8vrNiVsLWsMP4y9hfETokscvoN6"

^ true

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